Chamaelycus

Chamaelycus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Subfamily: Lamprophiinae
Genus: Chamaelycus
Boulenger, 1919
Species

Three recognized species, see article.

Chamaelycus is a genus of snakes, commonly referred to as banded snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is native to Central Africa.

Species

The following three species are recognized as being valid.

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

Taxonomy

The species formerly known as Chamaelycus werneri (Mocquard, 1902), is considered to be a synonym of C. fasciatus.

Etymology

The specific names, christyi, parkeri, and werneri, are in honor of zoologists Cuthbert Christy, Hampton Wildman Parker, and Franz Werner, respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "Chamaelycus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. 1 2 Genus Chamaelycus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ Species Chamaelycus fasciatus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ 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. (Chamaelycus christyi, p. 54; C. parkeri, p. 200; C. werneri, p. 282).

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