Rabdion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Calamariinae
Genus: Rabdion
A.M.C. Duméril, 1853
Synonyms[1]
  • Rabdion
    A.M.C. Duméril, 1853
  • Rhabdophidium
    Boulenger, 1894
  • Rabdion
    — Leviton, 1958

Rabdion is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Species

The genus Rhabdion contains the following two valid species.[2]

References

  1. "Rabdion forsteni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Genus Rabdion at The Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Rhabdophidium, replacement name, p. 328).
  • Duméril AMC (1853). "Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens ". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, Paris 23: 399-536 + Plates I-II. (Rabdion, new genus, p. 441). (in French).


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