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Bungarus slowinskii, the Glossary

Index Bungarus slowinskii

Bungarus slowinskii, the Red River krait, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 17 relations: Dorsal scales, Elapidae, Endemism, Family (biology), Forest, Habitat, Joseph Bruno Slowinski, Laos, Maureen A. Donnelly, Oviparity, Species, Specific name (zoology), Subcaudal scales, Thailand, Venomous snake, Vietnam, Vladimir Kharin (zoologist).

  2. Bungarus
  3. Taxa named by Maureen Ann Donnelly

Dorsal scales

In snakes, the dorsal scales are the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, but do not include the ventral scales.

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Elapidae

Elapidae (commonly known as elapids; ἔλλοψ "sea-fish") is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Joseph Bruno Slowinski

Joseph Bruno Slowinski (November 15, 1962 – September 12, 2001) was an American herpetologist who worked extensively with elapid snakes.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Maureen A. Donnelly

Maureen Ann Donnelly (born 1954) is an American herpetologist based at Florida International University.

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Oviparity

Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (known as laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings known as hatchlings with little or no embryonic development within the mother.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Subcaudal scales

In snakes, the subcaudal scales are the enlarged plates on the underside of the tail.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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Venomous snake

Venomous snakes are species of the suborder Serpentes that are capable of producing venom, which they use for killing prey, for defense, and to assist with digestion of their prey.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Vladimir Kharin (zoologist)

Vladimir Yemelyanovich Kharin (1957–2013) was a Russian zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and a specialist in sea snakes.

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See also

Bungarus

Taxa named by Maureen Ann Donnelly

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungarus_slowinskii

Also known as Red River krait.