Stenorrhina

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Stenorrhina
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Stenorrhina freminvillei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Stenorrhina
A.M.C. Duméril, 1853

Stenorrhina is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. [1]

Contents

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid. [1]

Etymology

The specific name, freminvillei, is in honor of French naval officer and naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Freminville. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Genus Stenorrhina at The Reptile Database.
  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. (Stenorrhina freminvillei, p. 94).

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