Bogertophis rosaliae
(Mocquard, 1899)
BOH-ger-TOH-fiss — roh-SAH-lee-eye
(, Museum Voucher)
(, Observation)
(, Literature Record),
(, Citizen Science),
( Fossil)
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Occurrences:;
77
Total;
57
Museum;
20
Other
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Taxonomic Etymology:
Named after the Baja California locality of Santa Rosalía.
Bogertophis — A patronym honoring Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908–1992), a distinguished American herpetologist, combined with ophis (ὄφις), Greek for “snake.” The name means “Bogert’s snake.”
rosaliae — A toponym referring to Santa Rosalía, a coastal town in Baja California Sur, Mexico, near the species’ type locality. The Latinized genitive form indicates “of Rosalía.”