Pseudorabdion mcnamarae

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Pseudorabdion mcnamarae
Pseudorhabdion cf. mcnamarae (KU 327193) from Barangay Binatug - ZooKeys-266-001-g091.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pseudorabdion
Species:
P. mcnamarae
Binomial name
Pseudorabdion mcnamarae
(Taylor, 1917)
Synonyms [2]
  • Pseudorhabdium mcnamarae
    Taylor, 1917
  • Pseudorhabdium minutum
    Taylor, 1922
  • Pseudorabdion mcnamarae
    Inger & Leviton, 1966

Pseudorabdion mcnamarae, McNamara's burrowing snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, mcnamarae, is in honor of Homer McNamara who was superintendent of La Carlota Agricultural Station, Philippines, and assisted Taylor in the field. [3]

Habitat

Pseudorabdion mcnamarae inhabits primary and secondary forests where it occurs under rotting leaves on the forest floor. [1]

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Edward Harrison Taylor was an American herpetologist from Missouri.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Brown, R.; Gaulke, M.; Babiera, C. & Maglangit, E.P. (2022). "Pseudorabdion mcnamarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T169801A180389497. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Pseudorabdion mcnamarae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 1 March 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. (Pseudorabdion mcnamarae, p. 174).

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