Meizodon krameri
| Meizodon krameri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Meizodon |
| Species: | M. krameri
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| Binomial name | |
| Meizodon krameri Schätti, 1985
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Meizodon krameri, also known commonly as the Tana Delta smooth snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Kenya.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, krameri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Eugen Kramer.[3]
Description
[edit]M. krameri may attain a total length (including tail) of 50 cm (20 in). The pupil of the eye is round. The dorsal scales are smooth and are arranged in 19 rows at midbody. Each dorsal scale has one apical pit. The ventrals number 166–176, which is fewer than other species in its genus. The anal plate is divided. The subcaudals number 68–69 and are also divided. The maxillary teeth number 26, which is more than other species in the genus. Dorsally, M. krameri is uniformly olive-brown. The labials are lighter, as are the centers of the ventrals.[4]
Natural history
[edit]Nothing is known about the natural history of M. krameri because it was described in 1985 from two preserved specimens which had been collected in 1934. No additional specimens have been collected or photographed. It may be terrestial, diurnal, and oviparous like its congeners.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Spawls, S.; Branch, W.R.; Malonza, P. (2022) [amended version of 2014 assessment]. "Meizodon krameri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T13265429A217783846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T13265429A217783846.en. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Meizodon krameri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Meizodon krameri, p. 146).
- ^ a b Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). A Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1-399-40481-5. (Meizodon krameri, pp. 480–481).
Further reading
[edit]- Schätti B (1985). "Systematics of East African Species of Meizodon Fischer, 1856 (Reptilia Serpentes Colubridae)". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 20 (8): 149–175. (Meizodon krameri, new species, p. 155).
External links
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Data related to Meizodon krameri at Wikispecies
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