Etheridgeum

Short description: Genus of snakes

Etheridgeum

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Serpentes
Family:  | Colubridae
Genus:  | Etheridgeum
Wallach, 1988
Species:  |

E. pulchrum

Binomial name
Etheridgeum pulchrum

(F. Werner, 1924)

Synonyms[1]

* Padangia pulchra
F. Werner, 1924
* Etheridgeum pulchrum
— Wallach, 1988
(nomen substitutum)

Etheridgeum is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Etheridgeum pulchrum,[1] which is commonly known as the Sumatra Etheridge snake, and is native to Indonesia.

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Geographic range
* 3 Habitat
* 4 Description
* 5 Behavior
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading

## Etymology

The generic name, Etheridgeum, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Emmett Etheridge (1929–2019).[2] The specific name, pulchrum, is Latin for "beautiful".[1]

## Geographic range

E. pulchrum is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia.[3][1]

## Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. pulchrum is forest.[3]

## Description

A small snake, the holotype of E. pulchrum has a snout-to-vent length of 14.5 cm (5.7 in).[4] The dorsal scales are smooth, and they are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body.[5]

## Behavior

E. pulchrum is terrestrial and semifossorial.[3][5]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Etheridgeum pulchrum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 December 2016.
2. ↑ 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. (Etheridgeum, p. 86).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `iucn status 12 November 2021`
4. ↑ Werner F (1924).
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wallach V (1988).

## Further reading

* Teynié A, David P, Ohler A (2010). "Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo". Zootaxa 2416: 1–43.
* Wallach V (1988). "Status and redescription of the genus Padangia Werner, with comparative visceral data on Collorhabdium Smedley and other genera (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 9 (1): 61–76. (Etheridgeum pulchrum, replacement name).
* Werner F (1924). "Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien ". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 133: 29–56. (Padangia, new genus, p. 54; P. pulchra, new species, pp. 54–55, Figure 8). (in German).

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