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Jameson's mamba (''Dendroaspis jamesoni'' ) is species of a quick, highly arboreal and highly venomous snake of the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Africa. ==Taxonomy== Jameson's mamba was first described in 1843 by Thomas Traill, a Scottish physician, zoologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence. In 1936 Arthur Loveridge described two subspecies, the nominotypical ''D. jamesoni jamesoni'' and ''D. jamesoni kaimosae''; the latter is commonly referred to as eastern Jameson's mamba or the black-tailed Jameson's mamba.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700482 )〕 The generic name, ''Dendroaspis'', is derived from Ancient Greek ''Dendro'', which means "tree", and ''aspis'' or "asp", which is understood to mean "shield",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Definition of “aspis” - Collins English Dictionary )〕 but also denotes "cobra" or simply "snake". Thus, ''Dendroaspis'' literally means "tree snake", which refers to the arboreal nature of most of the species within the genus. The origins of the specific name, ''jamesoni'', are not fully understood, but it is possible that Traill named the species in honour of Robert Jameson (1774-1854), who was a contemporary of Traill's and was the Regius Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University where Traill studied.〔Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (''Dendroaspis jamesoni'', p. 133).〕 Also, Traill was a member of the Wernerian Natural History Society, which was founded by Jameson.〔(Scholarly Societies Project ), Wernerian Natural History Society.〕 The subspecies ''D. jamesoni kaimosae'' takes its type locality name from the Kaimosi Forest in western Kenya.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jameson's mamba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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