Meizodon
Genus of snakes
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::summary Genus of snakes ::
| name = Meizodon | taxon = Meizodon | authority = Fischer, 1856 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Five recognized species, see article.
Meizodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus Meizodon contains five species, all of which are poorly known and are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species list
- Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837) – western crowned snake
- Meizodon krameri Schätti, 1985 – Tana Delta smooth snake
- Meizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893) – black-headed smooth snake
- Meizodon regularis Fischer, 1856 – eastern crowned smooth snake
- Meizodon semiornatus (W. Peters, 1854) – semiornate smooth snake, semiornate snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Meizodon.
Etymology
The specific name, krameri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Eugen Kramer (1921–2004).
References
References
- "''Meizodon'' ". ''Dahms Tierleben''. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.
- {{EMBL genus
- [[species:Bo Beolens. Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins. Watkins, Michael]]; [[species:Michael Grayson. Grayson, Michael]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN. 978-1-4214-0135-5. (''Meizodon krameri'', p. 146).
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