Psammophis

Psammophis sibilans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
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: Elapoidea

Familia: Psammophiidae
Genus: Psammophis
Species (35): P. aegyptius – P. afroccidentalis – P. angolensis – P. ansorgii – P. biseriatus – P. brevirostris – P. condanarus – P. cornusafricae – P. crucifer – P. elegans – P. indochinensis – P. jallae – P. leightoni – P. leithii – P. leopardinus – P. lineatus – P. lineolatus – P. longifrons – P. mossambicus – P. notostictus – P. orientalis – P. phillipsii – P. praeornatus – P. pulcher – P. punctulatus – P. rukwae – P. schokari – P. sibilans – P. subtaeniatus – P. sudanensis – P. tanganicus – P. trigrammus – P. trivirgatus – P. turpanensis – P. zambiensis

Name

Psammophis Boie in Fitzinger, 1826: 29

Type species: Coluber sibilans Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.

Synonyms

Macrosoma Leach in Bowdich, 1819 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Macrosoma Huebner, 1818]
- Type species: Coluber elegans Shaw, 1802, by monotypy.
Taphrometopon Brandt, 1838
- Type species: Coluber lineolatus Brandt, 1838, by monotypy.
Chorisodon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
- Type species: Chorisodon sibericum Duméril, Bibron & Duméeril, 1854, by monotypy.
Monodiastema Bibron in Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
- Type species: Chorisodon sibericum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.
Phayrea Theobald, 1868
- Type species: Phayrea isabellina Theobald, 1868, by monotypy.
Amphiophis Bocage, 1872
- Type species: Amphiophis angolensis Bocage, 1872, by monotypy.
Mike Werner, 1924
- Type species: Mike elegantissima Werner, 1924, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Broadley, D.G. 1966. A review of the African Stripe-bellied Sand-snakes of the genus Psammophis. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 2(36): 1–9. Reference page.
Broadley, D.G. 1975. A review of Psammophis leightoni and Psammophis notostictus in southern Africa (Serpentes: Colubridae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 7(13): 1–17. Reference page.
Broadley, D.G. 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 83–119. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635466 Reference page.
Hughes, B. & Wade, E. 2002. On the African leopard whip snake, Psammophis leopardinus Bocage, 1887 (Serpentes, Colubridae), with the description of a new species from Zambia. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoological series 68(2): 75–81. DOI: 10.1017/S0968047002000080 Reference page.
Trape, J.-F., Crochet, P.-A., Broadley, D.G.†, Sourouille, P., Mané, Y., Burger, M., Böhme, W., Saleh, M., Karan, A., Lanza, B.† & Mediannikov, O. 2019. On the Psammophis sibilans group (Serpentes, Lamprophiidae, Psammophiinae) north of 12°S, with the description of a new species from West Africa. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 68(1): 61–91. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.061 Reference page.
Chen, M.-L., Liu, J.-L., Cai, B., Li, J., Wu, N. & Guo, X.-G. 2021. A new species of Psammophis (Serpentes: Psammophiidae) from the Turpan Basin in northwest China. Zootaxa 4974(1): 116–134. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.1.4 Reference page.
Taft, J.M., Maritz, B. & Tolley, K.A. 2022. Stable climate corridors promote gene flow in the Cape sand snake species complex (Psammophiidae). Zoologica Scripta 51(1): 58–75. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12514 Reference page.
Šmíd, J., Fernández, S.M., Elmi, H.S.A. & Mazuch, T. 2023. Diversity of Sand Snakes (Psammophiidae, Psammophis) in the Horn of Africa, with the description of a new species from Somalia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(2): 345–361. DOI: 10.3897/zse.99.101943 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Psammophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 October 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Old World Sand Snakes

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