Pseudorabdion mcnamarae

Pseudorabdion mcnamarae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Pseudorabdion
Species: P. mcnamarae
Binomial name
Pseudorabdion mcnamarae
(Taylor, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Pseudorhabdium mcnamarae
    Taylor, 1917
  • Pseudorhabdium minutum
    Taylor, 1922
  • Pseudorabdion mcnamarae
    — Inger & Leviton, 1966[2]

Pseudorabdion mcnamarae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, mcnamarae, is in honor of Homer McNamara who was Superintendent of La Carlota Agricultural Station, Philippines, and assisted Taylor in the field.[3]

Habitat

Pseudorabdion mcnamarae inhabits primary and secondary forests where it occurs under rotting leaves on the forest floor.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brown R, Ledesma M (2009). "Pseudorabdion mcnamarae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T169801A6675587. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169801A6675587.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Pseudorabdion mcnamarae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudorabdion mcnamarae, p. 174).

Further reading

Taylor EH. 1917. "Snakes and lizards from Negros, with descriptions of new species and new subspecies". Philippine J. Sci. 12 (6): 353-381. (Pseudorhabdium mcnamarae, new species, pp. 363–364, Figures 2a, 2b, 2c).


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