Meizodon

Meizodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus Meizodon contains five species, all of which are poorly known and are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.^[2]

Meizodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Meizodon Fischer, 1856[1]
Species
Five recognized species, see article.

Species list

• Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837) – western crowned snake
• Meizodon krameri Schätti, 1985 – Tana Delta smooth snake
• Meizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893) – black-headed smooth snake
• Meizodon regularis Fischer, 1856 – eastern crowned smooth snake
• Meizodon semiornatus (W. Peters, 1854) – semiornate smooth snake, semiornate snake

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

Etymology

The specific name, krameri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Eugen Kramer (1921–2004).^[3]