Polemon robustus

Polemon robustus, or the Zaire snake-eater, is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] The species is endemic to Africa.[1]

Polemon robustus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Polemon
Species:
P. robustus
Binomial name
Polemon robustus
(de Witte & Laurent, 1943)
Synonyms[1]
  • Miodon robustus
    de Witte & Laurent, 1943
  • Polemon robustus
    — Welch, 1994

Geographic range

P. robustus is found in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References
  1. Polemon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 May 2009.
  2. "Polemon ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.

Further reading
  • de Witte GF, Laurent RF (1947). "Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines ". Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique (sér. 2) 29: 1–134. (Miodon robustus, new species, p. 62). (in French).


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