Phrynonax

Phrynonax
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Subfamily:Colubrinae
Genus:Phrynonax
Cope, 1862
Synonyms

Ahaetulla, Chironius, Herpetodryas, Natrix, Pseustes, Spilotes, Synchalinus, Tropidodipsas

Phrynonax is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World

Geographic range

Species in the genus Phrynonax are found in South America, Central America, and Mexico.[1]

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phrynonax.

Etymology

The specific name, shropshirei, is in honor of James B. Shropshire, "Chief Sanitary Inspector, U.S. Army, Canal Zone", who collected the paratype.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Genus Phrynonax at The Reptile Database.
  2. ↑ Barbour T, Amaral A (1924). "Notes on some Central American snakes". Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: 129-132. (Phrynonax shropshirei, new species, p. 131).
  3. ↑ 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. (Pseustes shropshirei, p. 243).

Further reading

  • Cope ED (1862). "Catalogues of the REPTILES obtained during the Exploration of the Parana, Paraquay, Vermejo and Uraguay [sic] Rivers, by Capt. Thos. J. Page, U. S. N.; and of those procured by Lieut. N. Michler, U. S. Top. Eng., Commander of the Expedition conducting the Survey of the Atrato River ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 346-359 + errata and addenda on p. 594. (Phrynonax, new genus, p. 348).


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