| Chilorhinophis butleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Chilorhinophis |
| Species: | C. butleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilorhinophis butleri F. Werner, 1907
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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.[2] The species is endemic to East Africa.
Geographic range
C. butleri is found in Mozambique, South Sudan, and Tanzania.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, butleri, is in honor of English zoologist Arthur Lennox Butler (1873–1939),[4] who was the son of Edward Arthur Butler.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. butleri is savanna, at altitudes around 400 m (1,300 ft).[1]
Behavior
C. butleri burrows in soft, sandy soils and leaf litter.[1]
Diet
C. butleri is known to prey upon amphisbaenians, and it may also eat snakes.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c d Msuya CA, Ngalason W, Howell K (2019). "Chilorhinophis butleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20878317A20878339.en. Accessed on 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ^ a b Chilorhinophis butleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 December 2017.
- ^ 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. (Chilorhinophis butleri, p. 44).
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. ISBN 978-1472935618. (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).
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