Phyllorhynchus browni

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Phyllorhynchus browni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Phyllorhynchus
Species:
P. browni
Binomial name
Phyllorhynchus browni
Stejneger, 1890
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Phyllorhynchus browni, the saddled leafnose snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. [2]

The snake is found in Arizona in the United States and Mexico. [2]

Etymology

The specific name, browni, is in honor of American ornithologist Herbert Brown (1848–1913), [3] who collected the holotype. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Frost, D.R.; Hammerson, G.A.; Gadsden, H. (2007). "Phyllorhynchus browni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007 e.T63867A12716074. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63867A12716074.en . Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Phyllorhynchus browni". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllorhynchus browni, p. 40).
  4. ↑ Stejneger, 1890.
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