Lycodon osmanhilli

Lycodon osmanhilli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: L. osmanhilli
Binomial name
Lycodon osmanhilli
Taylor, 1950

Lycodon osmanhilli, commonly known as the Colombo wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake, which is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Etymology

The specific name, osmanhilli, is in honor of British anatomist William Charles Osman Hill, who collected the type specimen.[2][3]

References

  1. Somaweera R, de Silva A (2009). "Lycodon osmanhilli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  2. Taylor, 1950.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lycodon osmanhilli, p. 197).

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