Barbour's Water Snake Rhabdophis barbouri

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Rhabdophis barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's water snake, is a species of keelback snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[3]

Geographic range

R. barbouri is found on the island of Luzon.[1]

Reproduction

R. barbouri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Diesmos, A. (2009). "Rhabdophis barbouri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169794A6674740. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Rhabdophis barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2018.
  3. ^ 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. (Rhabdophis barbouri, p. 16).

Further reading

  • Malnate EV (1960). "Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. (Macropophis barbouri, new combination).
  • Malnate EV, Underwood G (1988). "Australasian Natricine Snakes of the Genus Tropidonophis ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 140 (1): 59–201. (Rhabdophis barbouri, new combination, p. 195).
  • Taylor EH (1922). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, II". Philippine Journal of Science 21 (3): 257–303 + Plates 1–4. (Natrix barbouri, new species, pp. 291–293).



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Common Names


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  • Taxonomic Hierarchy


    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Reptilia

    Order: Squamata

    Family: Colubridae

    Genus: Rhabdophis

    Species: Barbour's Water Snake Rhabdophis barbouri

    Conservation Status


    extinct (EX)

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