Pseudoboodon sandfordorum

Pseudoboodon sandfordorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Pseudoboodon
Species:
P. sandfordorum
Binomial name
Pseudoboodon sandfordorum
Spawls, 2004

Pseudoboodon sandfordorum, also known as Sandford's Ethiopian mountain snake and Sandford's Ethiopian snake is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae.[2][3] It was first described in 2004 by Stephen Spawls. Its holotype was collected in late 1997 in Ethiopia.[4]

Ecology

In 2014, it was classified in IUCN Red List as DD (data deficient).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Spawls, S. (2021). "Pseudoboodon sandfordorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21584164A21584171. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21584164A21584171.en. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Pseudoboodon sandfordorum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ "Pseudoboodon sandfordorum". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  4. ^ Spawls, Stephen (June 2004). "A new species of Pseudoboodon (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the central highlands of Ethiopia; with notes on some other members of the genus". African Journal of Herpetology. 53 (1): 13–19. doi:10.1080/21564574.2004.9635494. ISSN 2156-4574.


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