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 bino ...
of snakes in the
family
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Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from , 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. C ...
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Geographic range
The genus ''Dipsadoboa'' is
endemic
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to
Africa
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Rasmussen
The surname Rasmussen () is a Danish and Norwegian surname, meaning ''Rasmus' son''. It is the ninth-most-common surname in Denmark, shared by about 1.9% of the population.Dipsadoboa unicolor'' Günther, 1858 - Günther's green tree snake
*'' Dipsadoboa viridis'' ( W. Peters, 1869) - Laurent’s green tree snake
*'' Dipsadoboa weileri'' ( Lindholm, 1905) - black-tailed tree snake
*'' Dipsadoboa werneri'' (Boulenger, 1897) - Werner's green tree snake
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Nota bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''.
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' fi ...
'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Dipsadoboa''.
References
Further reading
* Günther A (1858). ''Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (''Dipsadoboa'', new genus, p. 182).
DipsadoboaSnake generaTaxa named by Albert Günther
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