Hemirhagerrhis is a genus of snakes in the family Psammophiidae.[1][2]

Hemirhagerrhis
Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Psammophiidae
Genus: Hemirhagerrhis
Boettger, 1893[1]

Geographic range

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The genus Hemirhagerrhis is endemic to Africa.[2]

Species

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The genus Hemirhagerrhis contains four species which are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hemirhagerrhis.

Etymology

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The specific name, hildebrandtii, is in honor of German botanist Johann Maria Hildebrandt.[3]

The specific name, kellerii, is in honor of Swiss naturalist Conrad Keller.[3]

Reproduction

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Snakes of the genus Hemirhagerrhis are oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Genus Hemirhagerrhis. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/lamprophiidae. (in German).
  2. ^ a b c d Genus Hemirhagerrhis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ a b 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. (Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii, p. 123; H. kelleri, p. 139).

Further reading

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  • Boettger O (1893). "Übersicht der von Prof. C. Keller anlässlich der Ruspoli'schen Expedition nach den Somaliländern gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 16 (416): 113–119. (Hemirhagerrhis, new genus, p. 119). (in German).
  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Hemirhagerrhis, p. 119).
  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Hemirhagerrhis, pp. 85–86).