Pseudorabdion mcnamarae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Pseudorabdion |
Species: | P. mcnamarae
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Binomial name | |
Pseudorabdion mcnamarae (Taylor, 1917)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Pseudorabdion mcnamarae, McNamara's burrowing snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, mcnamarae, is in honor of Homer McNamara who was superintendent of La Carlota Agricultural Station, Philippines, and assisted Taylor in the field.[3]
Habitat
Pseudorabdion mcnamarae inhabits primary and secondary forests where it occurs under rotting leaves on the forest floor.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Brown, R.; Gaulke, M.; Babiera, C. & Maglangit, E.P. (2022). "Pseudorabdion mcnamarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T169801A180389497. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ a b Pseudorabdion mcnamarae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 March 2016.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudorabdion mcnamarae, p. 174).
Further reading
- Taylor EH (1917). "Snakes and lizards from Negros, with descriptions of new species and new subspecies". Philippine J. Sci. 12 (6): 353–381. (Pseudorhabdium mcnamarae, new species, pp. 363–364, Figures 2a, 2b, 2c).