Ihering's snake
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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: | Lioheterophis Amaral, 1935 |
| Species: | L. iheringi
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| Lioheterophis iheringi Amaral, 1935
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Ihering's snake (Lioheterophis iheringi) is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Lioheterophis.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, iheringi, is in honor of German-Brazilian zoologist Rudolpho Teodoro Gaspar Wilhelm von Ihering.[3]
References
- ^ Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z; da Costa, T.B.G. (2020). "Lioheterophis iheringi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15179191A123740293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15179191A123740293.en. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Lioheterophis iheringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
- ^ 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. (Lioheterophis iheringi, p. 129).
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