Английская Википедия:Chilorhinophis butleri
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Chilorhinophis butleri, also known commonly as Butler's black-and-yellow burrowing snake and Butler's two-headed snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[1] The species is endemic to East Africa.
Geographic range
C. butleri is found in Mozambique, South Sudan, and Tanzania.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, butleri, is in honor of English zoologist Arthur Lennox Butler (1873–1939),[3] who was the son of Edward Arthur Butler.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. butleri is savanna, at altitudes around Шаблон:Convert.[4]
Behavior
C. butleri burrows in soft, sandy soils and leaf litter.[4]
Diet
C. butleri is known to prey upon amphisbaenians, and it may also eat snakes.[4]
Reproduction
References
Further reading
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Chilorhinophis butleri, p. 465).
- Werner F (1907). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's in den ägyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna] 116: 1823-1926 + Plates I-IV. (Chilorhinophis butleri, new species, p. 1881 + Plate III, figures 8a-8d). (in German).
- ↑ Шаблон:ITIS
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:NRDB species
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Chilorhinophis butleri, p. 44).
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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