Degen's water snake
Degen's water snake (Crotaphopeltis degeni) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
| Degen's water snake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Crotaphopeltis |
| Species: | C. degeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Crotaphopeltis degeni (Boulenger, 1906) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Etymology
The specific name, degeni, is in honor of Swiss-born Edward J. E. Degen (1852–1922), who collected natural history specimens in Africa, and later worked as a taxidermist at the British Museum (Natural History).[2]
Geographic range
C. degeni is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1]
References
- Species Crotaphopeltis degeni at The Reptile Database
- 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. (Crotaphopeltis degeni, p. 67).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1906). "Additions to the Herpetology of British East Africa". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1906 (2): 570–573. (Leptodira degeni, new species, p. 572, figures 97 a-c).
- Rasmussen JB (1997). "On two little known African water snakes (Crotaphopeltis degeni and C. barotseensis)". Amphibia-Reptilia 18 (2): 191–206.
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