Hemirhagerrhis is a genus of snakes in the family Psammophiidae.[1][2]
Geographic range
The genus Hemirhagerrhis is endemic to Africa.[2]
Species
The genus Hemirhagerrhis contains four species which are recognized as being valid.[2]
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hemirhagerrhis.
Etymology
The specific name, hildebrandtii, is in honor of German botanist Johann Maria Hildebrandt.[3]
The specific name, kellerii, is in honor of Swiss naturalist Conrad Keller.[3]
Reproduction
Snakes of the genus Hemirhagerrhis are oviparous.[2]
References
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^ a b Genus Hemirhagerrhis. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/lamprophiidae. (in German).
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^ a b c d Genus Hemirhagerrhis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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^ a b 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. (Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii, p. 123; H. kelleri, p. 139).
