Meizodon regularis, the eastern crowned smooth snake, is a species of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae. It is found in Africa.

Meizodon regularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Meizodon
Species:
M. regularis
Binomial name
Meizodon regularis
Synonyms
  • Coronella (Mizodon [sic]) regularis Fischer, 1883: 15
  • Coronella coronata Schmidt, 1923: 87 (fide Schätti, 1985)
  • Coronella elegans Jan, G.A. 1863[3]
  • Meizodon regularis Broadley, 1998
  • Meizodon regularis Chirio & Ineich, 2006

References edit

  1. ^ Luiselli, L.; Chirio, L.; Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Meizodon regularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13265441A13265446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265441A13265446.en. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ Fischer JG, 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, 3 (4), pages 79-116 (description p. 112). (in German).
  3. ^ Jan, G.A. (1863): Enumerazione sistematica degli Ofidi appartenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fiss., 2(2), pages 213-330

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