Zamenis

Zamenis
Z. longissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Zamenis
Wagler, 1830

Zamenis is a genus of nonvenomous Old World snakes in the Colubridae family.

Species

The following five species are recognized as valid:[1]

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

Etymology

The specific name, hohenackeri, is in honor of Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker, who was a Swiss missionary, physician, and naturalist.[2]

References

  1. "Zamenis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Zamenis hohenackeri, p. 125).

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