Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Vietnamese Longnose Snake, Rhinoceros Snake
Common Names in German:
Boulengers Schnauzennatter
Description
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Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Colubrinae
()
- Genus:
Rhynchophis
()
- Mocquard, 1897
- Specific name:
boulengeri
- MOCQUARD 1897
- Scientific name: - Rhynchophis boulengeri MOCQUARD 1897
- Specific name:
boulengeri
- MOCQUARD 1897
- Genus:
Rhynchophis
(
- Subfamily:
Colubrinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Proboscidophis versicolor Fan 1931 • Rhynchophis boulengeri — Smith 1943: 193 • Rhynchophis boulengeri — Ziegler 2002: 293
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Named after George Albert Boulenger (1858 - 1937), herpetologist
at the British Museum of Natural History, London.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Rhynchophis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. boulengeri (Vietnamese Longnose Snake)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Brachtel (1998) Sauria 20 (1):2.
- Brachtel, Norbert 1998. Rhynchophis boulengeri Mocquard. Sauria 20 (1): 2.
- Forest Protection Department of Bac Giang Province 2010. Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve: Biodiversity Conservation Value and Development Potential. Publishing House for Science and Technology, 37 pp.
- Kunz, Kriton 2010. Führungswechsel im Exotarium Tula. Reptilia 15 (86): 8
- Mocquard (1897) Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, [ser. 1], 3 (6): 211-217.
- Mocquard, FRANÇOIS 1897. Notes herpétologiques. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, [ser. 1], 3 (6): 211-217.
- Nguyen Van Sang, Ho Thu Cuc, Nguyen, Quang Truong 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
- Orlov et al. (1999) Sauria 21 (1): 3-8
- Orlov, Nikolai, Sergei Rybov and Klaus-Dieter Schulz 1999. Eine seltene Natter aus Nordvietnam, Rhynchophis boulengeri Mocquard, 1897 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Sauria 21 (1): 3-8
- Schulz, B. & K.-D. Schulz 2011. Zur Kenntnis, Pflege und Zucht der Vietnamesischen Langnasennatter, Rhynchophis boulengeri Mocquard, 1897. Reptilia (Münster) 16 (87): 60-66
- Smith (1943) The Fauna of British India, 3 (Serpentes).
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
- Winchell (2003) Reptilia (Münster) 8 (6): 20-2
- Winchell, S. 2003. Die vielfältige Welt chinesischer Schlangen. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (6): 20-29
- Winchell, S. 2003. The wide world of snakes in China. Reptilia (GB) (31): 12-21
- Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993. Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522
- Ziegler, T. 2002. Die Amphibien und Reptilien eines Tieflandfeuchtwald-Schutzgebietes in Vietnam. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 342 pp.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2544582
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-6364
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 618170
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
