Pseudoboodon sandfordorum

Pseudoboodon sandfordorum
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Genus:	Pseudoboodon
Species:	P. sandfordorum
Binomial name
Pseudoboodon sandfordorum Spawls, 2004

Pseudoboodon sandfordorum, also known as Sandford's Ethiopian mountain snake and Sandford's Ethiopian snake is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae. ^{[2] [3]} It was first described in 2004 by Stephen Spawls. Its holotype was collected in late 1997 in Ethiopia. ^[4]

Ecology

In 2014, it was classified in IUCN Red List as DD (data deficient). ^[1]

References

1. Spawls, S. (2021). "Pseudoboodon sandfordorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T21584164A21584171. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21584164A21584171.en . Retrieved 16 July 2024.
2. "Pseudoboodon sandfordorum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2024-07-16.
3. "Pseudoboodon sandfordorum". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
4. Spawls, Stephen (June 2004). "A new species of Pseudoboodon (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the central highlands of Ethiopia; with notes on some other members of the genus". African Journal of Herpetology. 53 (1): 13–19. doi:10.1080/21564574.2004.9635494. ISSN   2156-4574.