Hemorrhois
Encyclopedia
Hemorrhois is a genus
of snake
s in the Colubridae family.
It contains the following four species
:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
s in the Colubridae family.
It contains the following four species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
:
- Hemorrhois algirus (JanGiorgio JanGiorgio Jan was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer. He is also known as Georg Jan or Georges Jan....
, 1863) - Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758), horseshoe whip snakeHorseshoe Whip SnakeThe horseshoe whip snake is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.-Geographic range:It is found in Algeria, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar and Tunisia.-Description:...
- Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834)
- Hemorrhois ravergieriHemorrhois ravergieriHemorrhois ravergieri, commonly called the spotted whip snake is a species of snake found in Western Asia, Central Asia and South-Central Asia.-Geographic range:...
(MénétriesÉdouard MénétriesÉdouard Ménétries was a French entomologist, zoologist, and herpetologist.Ménétries was born in Paris, and became a student of Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille. On their recommendation he was chosen as the zoologist on a Russian expedition to Brazil in 1822, led by Baron von Langsdorff...
, 1832)