Polemon leopoldi

Polemon leopoldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Lamprophiidae
Genus:Polemon
Species: P. leopoldi
Binomial name
Polemon leopoldi
(de Witte, 1941)
Synonyms[1]
  • Melanocalamus leopoldi
    de Witte, 1941
  • Polemon leopoldi
    — Welch, 1994
  • Polemon christyi
    — Chirio & Ineich, 2006

Polemon leopoldi is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] The species is endemic to Africa.[1]

Etymology

The specific name or epithet, leopoldi, is in honor of Leopold III, King of the Belgians.[3]

Geographic range

P. leopoldi is found in Rwanda.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Polemon christyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ "Polemon ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  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. (Polemon leopoldi, p. 155).

Further reading

  • de Witte GF (1941). Batraciens et Reptiles. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte (1933-1935). Fascicule 33. Brussels. 261 pp., 54 figures, 2 color plates, 74 plates, 1 map. (Melanocalamus leopoldi, new species, p. 216). (in French).


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