Dasypeltis medici lamuensis

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: Dasypeltis medici lamuensis

Name

Dasypeltis medici lamuensis Gans, 1957

Type locality: Lamu Island, Kenya.

Synonyms

  • Dasypeltis medici lamuensis Gans, 1957
  • Dasypeltis palmarum Peters, 1878 (not of Leach!)
  • Dasypeltis scabra var. F Boulenger, 1894 (part.)
  • Dasypeltis scaber Uthmöller, 1934 (part.)
  • Dasypeltis scaber Loveridge, 1936 (part.)
  • Dasypeltis scaber Scortecci, 1939: 276 (part.)
  • Dasypeltis scaber medici Loveridge 1939, (part.)
  • Dasypeltis medici lamuensis — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 32

References

  • Gans, C. 1957. Dasypeltis medici lamuensis, a new race of egg-eating snkae (Ophidia, Reptilia) from coastal East Africa. Breviora 79: 1–13.
  • Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
  • Dasypeltis medici at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Lamu East African Egg Eater
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