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Rhinobothryum
''Rhinobothryum'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. Geographic range The genus ''Rhinobothryum'' is endemic to Central America and South America.. Species Two species are recognized as being valid. Freiberg M (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus ''Rhinobothryum'', pp. 79, 109). *'' Rhinobothryum bovallii'' Andersson, 1916 *'' Rhinobothryum lentiginosum'' (Scopoli Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Au ..., 1785) - Amazon banded snake References Further reading * Boulenger GA (1896). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinobothryum Bovallii
''Rhinobothryum bovallii'', commonly known as the coral mimic snake or the false tree coral, is a species of snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and northwestern South America. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''bovallii'', is in honor of Swedish biologist Carl Bovallius.Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens, Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Rhinobothryum bovallii'', p. 36). Geographic range ''R. bovallii'' is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''R. bovallii'' is forest, at altitudes from sea level to . Reproduction ''R. bovallii'' is Oviparity, oviparous. Mimicry ''R. bovallii'' mimics two Sympatry, sympatric species of venomous snakes, ''Micrurus alleni'' and ''Micrurus nigrocinctus''. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |