Dasypeltis loveridgei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dasypeltis
Species: Dasypeltis loveridgei

Name

Dasypeltis loveridgei Mertens, 1954

  • Holotype: SMF 46642, ♀, collected by W. Metzler on 29 October 1952.
  • Type locality: “Farm Finkenstein bei Windhoek, Südwestafrika”.

Combinations

  • Dasypeltis scabra loveridgei Mertens, 1954: 213 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Dasypeltis loveridgei — Bates & Broadley, 2018: 6 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

  • Mertens, R. 1954. Neue Schlangenrassen aus Südwest- und Südafrika. Zoologischer Anzeiger 152: 213–219.
  • Bates, M.F. & Broadley, D.G.† 2018. A revision of the egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata: Colubridae: Boigini) in north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabia, with descriptions of three new species. Indago 34(1): 1–95. ISBN 978-1-86847-176-8 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Egg Eater
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