Phyllorhynchus browni

Phyllorhynchus browni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Phyllorhynchus
Species:
P. browni
Binomial name
Phyllorhynchus browni
Stejneger, 1890

Phyllorhynchus browni, the saddled leafnose snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.[2]

The snake is found in Arizona in the United States and Mexico.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, browni, is in honor of American ornithologist Herbert Brown (1848–1913),[3] who collected the holotype.[4]

References

  1. ^ Frost, D.R.; Hammerson, G.A.; Gadsden, H. (2007). "Phyllorhynchus browni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63867A12716074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63867A12716074.en. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Phyllorhynchus browni". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  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. (Phyllorhynchus browni, p. 40).
  4. ^ Stejneger, 1890.
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