Rustyhead snake
| Rustyhead snake | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Amastridium Cope, 1860 |
| Species: | A. veliferum |
| Binomial name | |
| Amastridium veliferum Cope, 1860 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
The rustyhead snake (Amastridium veliferum) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[2] The species is found from southern Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia.[1] A. veliferum is one of only two recognized species in the genus Amastridium, the other being A. sapperi,[3] which is named in honor of German explorer Karl Sapper.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Amastridium veliferum COPE, 1860". The Reptile Database. Consulted: 2012-03-12
- ↑ "Amastridium veliferum ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Amastridium ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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. (Amastridium sapperi, p. 232).
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 Amastridium and species A. veliferum, p. 352).
- Cope ED (1860). "Descriptions of Reptiles from Tropical America and Asia". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1860: 368-374. (Amastridium, new genus, p. 370; A. veliferum, new species, pp. 370-371).
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