Chilorhinophis gerardi, commonly known as the Congo two-headed snake, Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snake, and Gerard's two-headed snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[3] The species is endemic to Africa.
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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. gerardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilorhinophis gerardi (Boulenger, 1913)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, gerardi, is in honor of Belgian physician and naturalist Pol Gérard (1886-1961) who collected the type specimen.[4]
Geographic range
editC. gerardi is found in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire), Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of C. gerardi is savanna, at altitudes up to 920 m (3,020 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editSubspecies
editTwo subspecies of C. gerardi are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Chilorhinophis.
References
edit- ^ a b Alexander GJ, Tolley KA (2021). "Chilorhinophis gerardi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T20878365A20878375.en. Accessed on 19 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Chilorhinophis gerardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Chilorhinophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ^ 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 gerardi, p. 99).
Further reading
edit- Barbour T, Amaral A (1927). "Studies on African Ophidia". Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1 (1): 25–27.
- Boulenger GA (1913). "Description de deux reptiles nouveaux provenant du Katanga ". Revue Zoologique Africaine 3: 103–105. (Apostolepis gerardi, new species, pp. 103–104, Figure). (in French).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Chilorhinophis gerardi, p. 67 + Plate 24).
- Loveridge A (1951). "On Reptiles and Amphibians from Tanganyika Territory Collected by C. J. P. Ionides". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 106 (4): 175–204. (Chilorhinophis gerardi tanganyikae, new subspecies, pp. 195–196).
- 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 gerardi, p. 465).
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