Amblyodipsas rodhaini

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Amblyodipsas rodhaini

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Amblyodipsas
Species:
A. rodhaini
Binomial name
Amblyodipsas rodhaini
(de Witte, 1930)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhinocalamus rhodaini [sic]
    de Witte, 1930
  • Calamelaps rodhaini
    — de Witte &
    Laurent
    , 1947
  • Amblyodipsas rodhaini
    Welch, 1994

Amblyodipsas rodhaini, commonly known as Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, is a

Etymology

Both the specific name, rodhaini, and the common name, Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, are in honor of Belgian physician and zoologist Jérome Alphonse Hubert Rodhain (1876–1956).[4]

Reproduction

A. rodhaini is oviparous.[2]

References

Further reading

  • de Witte GF (1930). "Un serpent du Congo Belge (Rhinocalamus rhodaini sp. n.)". Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 19 (1): 1-3. (Rhinocalamus rhodaini [sic], new species). (in French).
  • de Witte GF,
    Laurent RF
    (1947). "Revision de une groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines ". Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Série Deuxième 29: 1-134. (Calamelaps rodhaini, new combination). (in French).
  • . (Amblyodipsas rodhaini, p. 67).