Meizodon
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Meizodon
| taxon = Meizodon
| authority = Fischer, 1856"Meizodon ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Five recognized species, see article.
}}
Meizodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus Meizodon contains five species, all of which are poorly known and are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.{{EMBL genus|genus=Meizodon}} www.reptile-database.org.
Species list
- Meizodon coronatus {{small|(Schlegel, 1837)}} – western crowned snake
- Meizodon krameri {{small|Schätti, 1985}} – Tana Delta smooth snake
- Meizodon plumbiceps {{small|(Boettger, 1893)}} – black-headed smooth snake
- Meizodon regularis {{small|Fischer, 1856}} – eastern crowned smooth snake
- Meizodon semiornatus {{small|(W. Peters, 1854)}} – semiornate smooth snake, semiornate snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Meizodon.
Etymology
References
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Further reading
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Genus Meizodon, p. 93).
- Fischer JG (1856). "Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums ". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3 (4): 79–116. (Meizodon, new genus, p. 112). (in German).
External links
- [http://snakesarelong.blogspot.com/2012/12/magnificent-meizodon.html Meizodon at Life is Short, but Snakes are Long]
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