Amblyodipsas rodhaini explained

Amblyodipsas rodhaini, commonly known as Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Etymology

Both the specific name, rodhaini, and the common name, Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, are in honor of Belgian physician and zoologist Jérome Alphonse Hubert Rodhain (1876–1956).^[1]

Reproduction

A. rodhaini is oviparous.

Further reading

• de Witte GF (1930). "Un serpent du Congo Belge (Rhinocalamus rhodaini sp. n.)". Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 19 (1): 1-3. (Rhinocalamus rhodaini [sic], new species). (in French).
• de Witte GF, Laurent RF (1947). "Revision de une groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines ". Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Série Deuxième 29: 1-134. (Calamelaps rodhaini, new combination). (in French).
• Branch, Bill (2014). A Photographic Guide to Snakes other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa, New Edition. Cape Town: Random House Struik. 160 pp. . (Amblyodipsas rodhaini, p. 67).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Amblyodipsas rodhaini, p. 224).