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Brachyurophis morrisi | ||||||
Pronunciation | BRACK-ee-your-OH-fis MORR-iss-ee | |||||
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Etymology |
Brachyurophis: 'short-tailed snake'
morrisi: after Ian James Morris, naturalist and author, who first collected this species in 1970. |
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Other names |
Simoselaps sp. - photo 817 in Wilson & Knowles (1988)1
Simoselaps morrisi |
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DescriptionA relatively small, orange-brown snake. Patterning consists of a broad, dark band across the nape and dark mottling between the eyes, but otherwise the body is unbanded; however, body scales are often dark-edged, giving the animal a faintly reticulated appearance. Similar species
B. morrisi differs from all other Brachyurophis, with the exception of B. incinctus, by the complete lack of banding on the body. Taxonomic notes
This species was described by Horner in 1998, but was originally placed in a different genus.2
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