Chilorhinophis butleri

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.

Chilorhinophis butleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Chilorhinophis
Species:
C. butleri
Binomial name
Chilorhinophis butleri
F. Werner, 1907

Geographic range

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C. butleri is found in Mozambique, South Sudan, and Tanzania.[3]

Etymology

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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

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The preferred natural habitat of C. butleri is savanna, at altitudes around 400 m (1,300 ft).[1]

Behavior

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C. butleri burrows in soft, sandy soils and leaf litter.[1]

Diet

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C. butleri is known to prey upon amphisbaenians, and it may also eat snakes.[1]

Reproduction

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C. butleri is oviparous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b Chilorhinophis butleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ 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

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  • 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).