Hemirhagerrhis viperina
Appearance
Hemirhagerrhis viperina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Psammophiidae |
Genus: | Hemirhagerrhis |
Species: | H. viperina
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Binomial name | |
Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Bocage, 1873)
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Synonyms | |
Psammophylax viperinus (Bocage, 1873) |
Hemirhagerrhis viperina, commonly known as the viperine rock snake or western bark snake, is a species of snake in the family Psammophiidae.[1] It is indigenous to areas within southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia.[2] It is partially arboreal. The nostrils of H. viperina has a vertical piercing in their nasal.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hemirhagerrhis viperina". Reptile database. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130
- ^ Broadley, D. G. (1997). A Review of Hernirhagerrhis Vipen'na (Bocage) (Serpentes: Colubridae), a Rupicolous Psarnmophine Snake, 1997(2), 161–169
- ^ Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71f>