Rhabdophis barbouri
Rhabdophis barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's water snake, is a species of keelback snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]
| Rhabdophis barbouri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Rhabdophis |
| Species: | R. barbouri |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhabdophis barbouri (Taylor, 1922) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[3]
References
- Diesmos, A. (2009). "Rhabdophis barbouri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169794A6674740. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Rhabdophis barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2018.
- 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. (Rhabdophis barbouri, p. 16).
Further reading
- Malnate EV (1960). "Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. (Macropophis barbouri, new combination).
- Malnate EV, Underwood G (1988). "Australasian Natricine Snakes of the Genus Tropidonophis ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 140 (1): 59–201. (Rhabdophis barbouri, new combination, p. 195).
- Taylor EH (1922). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, II". Philippine Journal of Science 21 (3): 257–303 + Plates 1–4. (Natrix barbouri, new species, pp. 291–293).
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