Cyclophiops doriae

Cyclophiops doriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Cyclophiops
Species: C. doriae
Binomial name
Cyclophiops doriae
Boulenger, 1888
Synonyms
  • Cyclophiops doriae
    Boulenger, 1888
  • Ablabes doriae
    — Boulenger, 1890
  • Liopeltis doriae
    — Wall, 1924
  • Eurypholis doriae
    — Pope, 1935
  • Entechinus doriae
    — Cundall, 1981
  • Cyclophiops doriae
    — Zhao & Adler, 1993
  • Ophiodrys [sic] doriae
    — Das, 1996
  • Opheodrys doriae
    — Sharma, 2004[1]

Cyclophiops doriae, commonly known as Doria's green snake, is a species of colubrid snake endemic to Asia.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, doriae, is in honor of Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.[2]

Geographic range

C. doriae is found in China, (Yunnan), Burma (Kachin Hills), and India (Assam).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cyclophiops doriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclophiops doriae, p. 75).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1888). "An Account of the Reptilia obtained in Burma, north of Tenasserim, by M[onsieur]. L. Fea, of the Genova Civic Museum". Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Series 2, 6 (26): 593-604 + Plates V-VII. (Cyclophiops doriae, new species, p. 599 + Plate VI, figures 1, 1a, 1b).
  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Ablabes doriæ, new combination, pp. 306–307).
  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Ablabes doriæ, pp. 279–280).


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