Rhinophis fergusonianus

Rhinophis fergusonianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Rhinophis
Species: R. fergusonianus
Binomial name
Rhinophis fergusonianus
Boulenger, 1896

Rhinophis fergusonianus, commonly known as the Cardamom Hills earth snake, is a species of uropeltid snake endemic to India.

Etymology

The specific name, fergusonianus, is in honor of Scottish zoologist Harold S. Ferguson.[1]

Geographic range

R. fergusonianus is distributed across southern India, specifically in the Cardamom Hills, Travancore.

References

  1. 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. (Rhinophis fergusonianus, p. 89).

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