Dasypeltis medici

Dasypeltis medici

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 medici
Subspecies: D. m. lamuensis – D. m. medici

Name

Dasypeltis medici (Bianconi, 1859)

Type locality: Mozambique; probably Inhambane.

Holotype: ZMB 5737.

Synonyms

  • Dasypeltis medici medici (Bianconi, 1859)
  • Dipsas Medici Bianconi, 1859
  • Dasypeltis scabra var. bianconii Boettger, 1893: 132
  • Dasypeltis scaber var. fasciolata Peters, 1868: 451
  • Dasypeltis elongata Mocquard, 1888
  • Dasypeltis medici medici — Rasmussen, 1981: 180
  • Dasypeltis medici medici — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 32

References

  • Bianconi, J.J. 1859. Specimina Zoologica Mosambicana. Bononiae, fasc. 1-16, ii+406 pp. First published in Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Inst. Bologna 10: 501.
  • Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
  • Rasmussen, J.B. 1981. The snakes from the rainforest of the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: a checklist and key. Salamandra 17 (3/4): 173–188.
  • Dasypeltis medici at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: East African Egg Eater
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