Chersodromus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Mexico.

Chersodromus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Chersodromus
Reinhardt, 1861

Species

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The genus Chersodromus contains four species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chersodromus.

Etymology

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The specific name, liebmanni, is in honor of Danish botanist Frederik Michael Liebmann.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Genus Chersodromus at The Reptile Database
  2. ^ 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. (Chersodromus liebmanni, p. 158).

Further reading

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  • Reinhardt J (1861). "Herpetologiske Meddelelser. II. Beskrivelser af nogle nye til Calamariernes Familie henhörende Slanger ". Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn 22: 229–246. (Chersodromus, new genus, pp. 242–243; C. liebmanni, new species, pp. 243–245). (in Danish and Latin).