Elapomorphus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: |
Elapomorphus Wiegmann in Fitzinger, 1843 |
Elapomorphus is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Brazil. [1]
The genus Elapomorphus contains two species. [1] -
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elapomorphus.
The specific name, wuchereri, is in honor of Portuguese-born German-Brazilian herpetologist Otto Edward Henry Wucherer. [2]
Elapomorphus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: |
Elapomorphus Wiegmann in Fitzinger, 1843 |
Elapomorphus is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Brazil. [1]
The genus Elapomorphus contains two species. [1] -
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elapomorphus.
The specific name, wuchereri, is in honor of Portuguese-born German-Brazilian herpetologist Otto Edward Henry Wucherer. [2]