Amblyodipsas rodhaini, commonly known as Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2][3] The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][2]
| Amblyodipsas rodhaini | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Amblyodipsas |
| Species: | A. rodhaini
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblyodipsas rodhaini (de Witte, 1930)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b Kusamba, C. (2021). "Amblyodipsas rodhaini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176272A126100413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T176272A126100413.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Amblyodipsas rodhaini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Amblyodipsas rodhaini (de Witte, 1930)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ 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. (Amblyodipsas rodhaini, p. 224).
Further reading edit
- 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).
- Branch, Bill (2014). A Photographic Guide to Snakes other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa, New Edition. Cape Town: Random House Struik. 160 pp. ISBN 978-1-77584-165-4. (Amblyodipsas rodhaini, p. 67).
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