Pfeffer's reed snake
| Pfeffer's reed snake | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Calamariinae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. pfefferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamaria pfefferi Stejneger, 1901 | |
Pfeffer's reed snake, Calamaria pfefferi, is a species of dwarf snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Japan.
Etymology
The specific name, pfefferi, is in honor of German zoologist Georg Johann Pfeffer.[1]
References
- ↑ 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. (Calamaria pfefferi, p. 205).
Further reading
- Stejneger L (1901). "Diagnosis of Eight New Batrachians and Reptiles from the Riu Kiu Archipelago, Japan". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 189-191. (Calamaria pfefferi, new species, p. 191).
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Calamaria pfefferi . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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