Hemerophis socotrae
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Hemerophis
Species: Hemerophis socotrae
Name
editHemerophis socotrae (Günther, 1881)
- Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.14.97–99, 1 ♂ and 2 ♀, collected by I.B. Balfour between 1879–1880.
- Type locality: “Island of Socotra”.
Combinations
editNative distribution areas
edit- Yemen: Socotra archipelago: Socotra, Samha and Darsa Islands.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Günther, A. 1881. Descriptions of the amphisbaenians and ophidians collected by Prof. I. Bayley Balfour in the island of Socotra. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 49(2): 461–463. BHL Reference page.
- Parker,H.W. 1949. The snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra islands. Zoologische Verhandelingen 6(1): 1–115.
- Schätti, B. & Utiger, U. 2001. Hemerophis, a new genus for Zamenis socotrae Günther, and a contribution to the phylogeny of Old World racers, whip snakes, and related genera (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 108(4): 919–948. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Schätti, B. & Desvoignes, A. 1999. The herpetofauna of Southern Yemen and the Sokotra Archipelago. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis IV. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle: Genève. 178 pp. ISBN 9782881390074
- Rösler, H. & Wranik, W. 2004. A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20: 505–534. ISBN 3-929907-72-0
- Sindaco, R., Ziliani, U., Razzetti, E., Pupin, F., Carugati, C., Fasola, M., Grieco, C. & Pella, F. 2008. The status of our knowledge of the herpetofauna of Socotra Island (Yemen). pp. 454–459 In: Corti, C. (Ed.). Herpetologia Sardiniae. Societas Herpetologica Italica/Edizioni Belvedere: Latina. ISBN 978-88-89504-17-8
- Razzetti, E., Sindaco, R., Grieco, C., Pella, F., Ziliani, U., Pupin, F., Riservato, E., Pellitteri-Rosa, D., Butikofer, L., Suleiman, A.S., Al-Aseily, B.A., Carugati, C., Boncompagni, E. & Fasola, M. 2011. Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia). Zootaxa 2826(1): 1–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2826.1.1 Reference page.
- Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hemerophis socotrae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2021.
- Sindaco, R., Grieco, C. & Riservato, E. 2011. IUCN: Hemerophis socotrae (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199750A9125782. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199750A9125782.en