Alluaudina

Alluaudina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Alluaudina Mocquard, 1894

Alluaudina is a genus of harmless snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is endemic to the island of Madagascar. ^[1]

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid. ^[1]

• Alluaudina bellyi Mocquard, 1894
• Alluaudina mocquardi Angel, 1939

Etymology

The generic name, Alluaudina, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud, who was one of the two collectors of the type specimen of A. bellyi. The specific name, bellyi, is in honor of a certain Mr. Belly who was the other collector of the same type specimen. The specific name, mocquardi, is in honor of French herpetologist François Mocquard, the author of this genus. ^[2]

References

1. Alluaudina at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 1 February 2014.
2. 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. (Alluaudina, p. 6; A. bellyi, p. 22; A. mocquardi, p. 181).

Further reading

• Angel F (1939). "Reptiles et Batrachiens de Madagascar et de la Réunion. Description d`un serpent nouveau du genere Alluaudina". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Series 2, 11: 536–538. (Alluaudina mocquardi, new species). (in French).
• Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I- XXV. (Genus Alluaudina, pp. 26, 38; A. bellyi, p. 38).
• Mocquard F (1894). "Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment connus de Madagascar ". Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société Philomatique de Paris, Huitième Série [Eighth Series] 6 (17): 3–10. (Alluadina, new genus, p. 7; Alluadina bellyi, new species, pp. 7–8). (in French).

External links

• Genus Alluaudina at The Reptile Database