Chersodromus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Chersodromus
Species: C. australis – C. liebmanni – C. nigrum – C. rubriventris
Name

Chersodromus Reinhardt, 1860

Type species: Chersodromus liebmanni Reinhardt, 1860, by monotypy.
References
Additional references

Canseco-Márquez, L., Ramírez-González, C.G. & Campbell, J.A. 2018. Taxonomic review of the rare Mexican snake genus Chersodromus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4399(2): 151–169. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.2.1. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Chersodromus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 April 2019.

Vernacular names
English: Earth Runners

Chersodromus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Mexico.

Species

The genus Chersodromus contains four species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Chersodromus australis Canseco-Márquez, Ramírez-González & Campbell, 2018
Chersodromus liebmanni Reinhardt, 1861
Chersodromus nigrum Canseco-Márquez, Ramírez-González & Campbell, 2018
Chersodromus rubriventris (Taylor, 1949)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chersodromus.
Etymology

The specific name, liebmanni, is in honor of Danish botanist Frederik Michael Liebmann.[2]
References

Genus Chersodromus at The Reptile Database

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. (Chersodromus liebmanni, p. 158).