Pseudorabdion mcnamarae

Pseudorabdion mcnamarae
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:	Pseudorabdion
Species:	P. mcnamarae
Binomial name
Pseudorabdion mcnamarae (Taylor, 1917)
Synonyms[2]
Pseudorhabdium mcnamarae Taylor, 1917 Pseudorhabdium minutum Taylor, 1922 Pseudorabdion mcnamarae — Inger & Leviton, 1966

Pseudorabdion mcnamarae, McNamara's burrowing snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, mcnamarae, is in honor of Homer McNamara who was superintendent of La Carlota Agricultural Station, Philippines, and assisted Taylor in the field.[3]

Habitat

Pseudorabdion mcnamarae inhabits primary and secondary forests where it occurs under rotting leaves on the forest floor.[1]

References

1. Brown, R.; Gaulke, M.; Babiera, C. & Maglangit, E.P. (2022). "Pseudorabdion mcnamarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T169801A180389497. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
2. Pseudorabdion mcnamarae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 March 2016.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudorabdion mcnamarae, p. 174).

Further reading

• Taylor EH (1917). "Snakes and lizards from Negros, with descriptions of new species and new subspecies". Philippine J. Sci. 12 (6): 353–381. (Pseudorhabdium mcnamarae, new species, pp. 363–364, Figures 2a, 2b, 2c).