Scaphiophis is a genus of African snakes in the family Colubridae. Common names include hook-nosed snakes[1] and shovel-nosed snakes.
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| S. albopunctatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Scaphiophis W. Peters, 1870 |
Species
editTwo species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Scaphiophis albopunctatus W. Peters, 1870 - African shovel-nosed snake
- Scaphiophis raffreyi Bocourt, 1875 - Ethiopian hook-nosed snake
Etymology
editThe specific name, raffreyi, is in honor of French scientific collector Achille Raffray.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b 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. (Scaphiophis raffreyi, pp. 215-216).
- ^ Genus Scaphiophis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi 382 pp. Plates I-XX. (Genus Scaphiophis, p. 254).
- Peters W (1870). "Eine Mittheilung über neue Amphibien ( ... Scaphiophis ... ) des Königlich zoologischen Museums ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870: 641-652 Plates I-II. (Scaphiophis, new genus, p. 644; Scaphiophis albopunctatus, new species, pp. 645–646 Plate II, figures 4, 4a, 4b, 4c). (in German).