Etheridgeum

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Etheridgeum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Etheridgeum
Wallach, 1988
Species:
E. pulchrum
Binomial name
Etheridgeum pulchrum
(F. Werner, 1924)
Etheridgeum pulchrum distribution.png
Synonyms [2]
  • Padangia pulchra
    F. Werner, 1924
  • Etheridgeum pulchrum
    Wallach, 1988
    (nomen substitutum)

Etheridgeum is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Etheridgeum pulchrum, [2] which is commonly known as the Sumatra Etheridge snake, and is native to Indonesia.

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Etymology

The generic name, Etheridgeum, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Emmett Etheridge (1929–2019). [3] The specific name, pulchrum, is Latin for "beautiful". [2]

Geographic range

E. pulchrum is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia. [1] [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. pulchrum is forest. [1]

Description

A small snake, the holotype of E. pulchrum has a snout-to-vent length of 14.5 cm (5.7 in). [4] The dorsal scales are smooth, and they are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body. [5]

Behavior

E. pulchrum is terrestrial and semifossorial. [1] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Vogel, G. (2012). "Etheridgeum pulchrum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T169685A1280150. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T169685A1280150.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Etheridgeum pulchrum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 December 2016.
  3. 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. (Etheridgeum, p. 86).
  4. Werner F (1924).
  5. 1 2 Wallach V (1988).

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