Schouteden's sun snake (Helophis schoutedeni) is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species, which is monotypic in the genus Helophis, is endemic to Central Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Helophis de Witte & Laurent, 1942 |
| Species: | H. schoutedeni
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| Helophis schoutedeni (de Witte, 1942)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, schoutedeni, is in honor of Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden.[3]
Geographic range
editH. schoutedeni is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo.[2]
Description
editThe holotype of H. schoutedeni has a total length of 540 mm (21 in), which includes a tail 81 mm (3.2 in) long.[4]
References
edit- ^ Kusamba, C. (2021). "Helophis schoutedeni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T124311338A124311347. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Species Helophis schoutedeni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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. (Helophis schoutedeni, p. 237).
- ^ de Witte (1922).
Further reading
edit- de Witte G-F (1922). "Description d'un ophidien nouveau récolté au Congo par le Dr Schouteden ". Revue zoologique africaine 10: 318–319. (Pelophis, new genus, p. 318; Pelophis schoutedeni, new species, pp. 318–319). (in French).
- de Witte G-F, Laurent RF (1942). "Contribution à la faune herpétologique du Congo belge ". Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 36 (2): 101–115. (Helophis, new genus; Helophis schoutedeni, new combination). (in French).
- Nagy, Zoltán T.; Gvoždík, Václav; Meirte, Danny; Collet, Marcel; Pauwels, Olivier S.G. (2014). "New data on the morphology and distribution of the enigmatic Schouteden's sun snake, Helophis schoutedeni (de Witte, 1922) from the Congo Basin". Zootaxa 3755 (1): 96–100.
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