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Siagonodon
''Siagonodon'' is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus contains five species, all of which were previously placed in the genus ''Leptotyphlops''. Species The genus ''Siagonodon'' contains the following species. www.reptile-database.org. *''Siagonodon borrichianus Degerbøl's blind snake (''Siagonodon borrichianus'') is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington ...'' – Degerbol's blind snake *'' Siagonodon cupinensis'' – Mato Grosso blind snake *'' Siagonodon exiguum'' *'' Siagonodon septemstriatus'' – seven-striped blind snake References Further reading * Peters W (1881). "''Einige herpetologische Mittheilungen: 1. Uebersicht der zu den Familien der ''Typhlopes'' und ''Stenostomi'' gehörigen Gattungen oder Untergattungen'' ". ''Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siagonodon Cupinensis
The Mato Grosso blind snake (''Siagonodon cupinensis'') is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1.'' Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). The species is native to northeastern South America. Geographic range ''S. cupinensis'' is found in the Brazilian states of Amapá, Mato Grosso, and Pará, and in Suriname. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''S. cupinensis'' is savanna. Description ''S. cupinensis'' is uniformly yellowish, not striped. It has on average 270 middorsal scales from rostral to tail tip. Reproduction ''S. cupinensis'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siagonodon Borrichianus
Degerbøl's blind snake (''Siagonodon borrichianus'') is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). The species is native to southern South America. Etymology The specific name, ''borrichianus'', is in honor of Danish scientist Ole Borch. Geographic range ''S. borrichianus'' is found in western Argentina. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''S. borrichianus'' is shrubland. Diet ''S. borrichianus'' preys upon the larvae of ants and termites. Reproduction ''S. borrichianus'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siagonodon Septemstriatus
The seven-striped blind snake (''Siagonodon septemstriatus'') is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to northeastern South America. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume). Geographic range ''S. septemstriatus'' is found in Bolivia, northern Brazil ( Amazonas, Pará, Roraima), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and southeastern Venezuela. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''S. septemstriatus'' is forest, at altitudes from sea level to . Description ''S. septemstriatus'' is yellowish, with seven black stripes along the dorsal scales. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , with a tail long. Behavior ''S. septemstriatus'' is terrestrial and fossorial. Reproduction ''S. septemstriatus'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptotyphlops
''Leptotyphlops'' is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to and found throughout Africa. Eleven species have been moved to the genus ''Trilepida'', and other species have been moved to the genera '' Epacrophis'', ''Epictia'', ''Mitophis'', '' Myriopholis'', ''Namibiana'', '' Rena'', '' Siagonodon'', '' Tetracheilostoma'', and '' Tricheilostoma''. Description Most species of ''Leptotyphlops'' look much like shiny earthworms. They are generally black, grey, or blackish-brown and their scales give them a segmented appearance. Their common name comes from the fact that their eyes are greatly reduced almost to the point of uselessness, and hidden behind a protective head scale. The species which are called thread snakes are so named because of their very narrow, long bodies. Behavior All blind snakes including those of the genus ''Leptotyphlops'' are burrowing snakes, spen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptotyphlopidae
The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of small snakes found in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two subfamilies are recognized. Description Relatively small snakes, leptotyphlopids rarely exceed in length; only '' Trilepida macrolepis'' and '' Leptotyphlops occidentalis'' grow larger. The cranium and upper jaws are immobile and no teeth are in the upper jaw. The lower jaw consists of a much elongated quadrate bone, a tiny compound bone, and a relatively larger dentary bone. The body is cylindrical with a blunt head and a short tail. The scales are highly polished. The pheromones they produce protect them from attack by termites.''Field Guide to Snakes of Southern Africa'' - Bill Branch (Struik 1988) Among these snakes is what is believed to be the world's smallest: '' L. carlae'' ( Hedges, 2008). Hedges SB (2008). "At the lower size li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antenor Leitão De Carvalho
Antenor Leitão de Carvalho was a Brazilian herpetologist and Ichthyology, ichthyologist, born on 15 April 1910 and died on 11 December 1985 in Rio de Janeiro. Taxa named in his honor * ''Hypostomus carvalhoi'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jaguaribe River basin. * ''Pipa carvalhoi'' * ''Plecostomus carvalhoi'' * ''Discocystus carvalhoi'' * ''Bunocephalus carvalhoi'' * ''Mecynogea carvalhoi'' * ''Micrathena carvalhoi'' * ''Carvalhodesmus'' * ''Stenostreptus carvalhoi'' * ''Tityus carvalhoi'' * ''Arndtodesmus carvalhoi'' * ''Cynolebias carvalhoi'' * ''Cynolebias antenori'' * ''Harttia carvalhoi'' species:Paulo de Miranda-Ribeiro, P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1939 – a species of catfish * ''Icthyocephalus antenori'' * ''Amphisbaena carvalhoi'' species:Bo Beolens, Beolens, Bo; species:Michael Watkins, Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake Genera
List of reptile genera lists the vertebrate class of reptiles by living genus, spanning two subclasses. Subclass Anapsida Order Testudinata (turtles) Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield. Suborder Pleurodira Source: * Superfamily Cheloides ** Family Chelidae *** Genus '' Acanthochelys'' *** Genus '' Chelodina'' *** Genus '' Chelus'' - mata mata *** Genus '' Elseya'' *** Genus '' Elusor'' - Mary River turtle *** Genus '' Emydura'' *** Genus '' Flaviemys'' - Manning River snapping turtle *** Genus '' Hydromedusa'' *** Genus '' Mesoclemmys'' *** Genus '' Myuchelys'' *** Genus '' Phrynops'' *** Genus '' Platemys'' - twist-necked turtle *** Genus '' Pseudemydura'' - western swamp turtle *** Genus '' Ranacephala'' - Hoge's side-necked turtle *** Genus '' Rheodytes'' *** Genus '' Rhinemys'' - red side-necked turtle * Superfamily Pelomedusoides ** Family Pelomedusidae ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Berlin Zoological Museum. Encouraged by Müller and the explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Peters travelled to Mozambique via Angola in September 1842, exploring the coastal region and the Zambesi River. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens, which he then described in ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt'' (1852–1882). The work was comprehensive in its coverage, dealing with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, river fish, insects and botany. He replaced Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he greatly increased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family (, : ) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
