Amastridium Explained

Amastridium is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.^[1] The genus is native to Mexico, Central America and Colombia.

Species and geographic ranges

The genus Amastridium contains the following two species which are recognized as being valid.^[2]

• Amastridium sapperi – Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
• Amastridium veliferum – Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amastridium.

Etymology

The specific name, sapperi, is in honor of German explorer Karl Sapper.^[3]

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Amastridium, p. 352).
• Cope ED (1861). "Descriptions of Reptiles from Tropical America and Asia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1860: 368–374. (Amastridium, new genus, p. 370).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.. Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D. 2011. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. 19 February 2016.
2. . www.reptile-database.org.
3. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]