Phyllorhynchus browni

Phyllorhynchus browni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Phyllorhynchus
Species:	P. browni
Binomial name
Phyllorhynchus browni Stejneger, 1890

Phyllorhynchus browni, the saddled leafnose snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.[2]

The snake is found in Arizona in the United States and Mexico.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, browni, is in honor of American ornithologist Herbert Brown (1848–1913),[3] who collected the holotype.[4]

References

1. Frost, D.R.; Hammerson, G.A.; Gadsden, H. (2007). "Phyllorhynchus browni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63867A12716074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63867A12716074.en. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
2. "Phyllorhynchus browni". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phyllorhynchus browni, p. 40).
4. Stejneger, 1890.