Species

Polemon acanthias

Polemon acanthias · described by (REINHARDT 1861)

Polemon bocourti, a close relative of Polemon acanthias — Pictured: Polemon bocourti, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: Marius Burger, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name: Polemon acanthias
First described: (REINHARDT 1861)
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group: Snakes (Serpentes)
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Polemon

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

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