Pseudoboodon sandfordorum
Appearance
Pseudoboodon sandfordorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Lamprophiidae |
Genus: | Pseudoboodon |
Species: | P. sandfordorum
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoboodon sandfordorum Spawls, 2004
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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
[edit]In 2014, it was classified in IUCN Red List as DD (data deficient).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Pseudoboodon sandfordorum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ "Pseudoboodon sandfordorum". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ 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.