Chilomeniscus
| Chilomeniscus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Chilomeniscus Cope, 1860 |
Chilomeniscus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
The genus Chilomeniscus is endemic to the extreme southwestern United States and adjacent extreme northwestern Mexico including the Baja California Peninsula.[1]
Species
Two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Chilomeniscus savagei Cliff, 1954
- Chilomeniscus stramineus Cope, 1860
Etymology
The specific name, savagei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jay M. Savage.[2]
References
- 1 2 Genus Chilomeniscus at The Reptile Database
- ↑ 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. (Chilomeniscus savagei, p. 233).
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Chilomeniscus, pp. 272-273; species C. stramineus, p. 273).
- Cliff FS (1954). "Snakes of the islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico". Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 12 (5): 67-98. (Chilomeniscus savagei, new species, pp. 71-73).
- Cope ED (1860). "Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American Reptiles". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 339-345. (Chilomeniscus, new genus, and C. stramineus, new species, p. 339).
- Schmidt KP, Davis DD (1941). Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp. (Genus Chilomeniscus, pp. 204-205, Fig. 66 + Plate 22, top).
- Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (Genus Chilomeniscus, pp. 116-120, Map 14, Figure 37 + Figures 21n–21p on p. 73).
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