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Chilomeniscus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Chilomeniscus Cope, 1860 |
Chilomeniscus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Contents
1 Geographic range
2 Species
3 Etymology
4 References
5 Further reading
Geographic range
The genus Chilomeniscus is endemic to the extreme southwestern United States and adjacent extreme northwestern Mexico including the Baja California Peninsula.[1]
Species
Two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
Chilomeniscus savagei Cliff, 1954
Chilomeniscus stramineus Cope, 1860
Etymology
The specific name, savagei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jay M. Savage.[2]
References
^ ab Genus Chilomeniscus at The Reptile Database
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chilomeniscus savagei, p. 233).
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Further reading
Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Chilomeniscus, pp. 272–273; species C. stramineus, p. 273).
Cliff FS (1954). "Snakes of the islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico". Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 12 (5): 67-98. (Chilomeniscus savagei, new species, pp. 71–73).
Cope ED (1860). "Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American Reptiles". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 339-345. (Chilomeniscus, new genus, and C. stramineus, new species, p. 339).
Schmidt KP, Davis DD (1941). Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp. (Genus Chilomeniscus, pp. 204–205, Fig. 66 + Plate 22, top).
Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (Genus Chilomeniscus, pp. 116–120, Map 14, Figure 37 + Figures 21n–21p on p. 73).
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