Psammophis crucifer
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Psammophiidae
Genus: Psammophis
Species: Psammophis crucifer
Name
- Psammophis crucifer (Daudin, 1803)
Holotype: unknown.
Type locality: “Indes orientales” (in error), corrected to “South Africa” by FitzSimons (1962: 239).
Combinations
- Coluber crucifer Daudin, 1803: 189 [original combination]
- Psammophis crucifer — Boie, 1827: 525 [subsequent combination]
- Saurophis crucifer — Fisk, 1883: 32 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Septième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 436 pp. + plates LXXXI–XCII. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- 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.
- Amanda M. Cottone, Aaron M. Bauer: Sexual Dimorphism, Diet, Reproduction, and Their Geographic Variation in Sympatric Psammophiids, Psammophis crucifer and Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus, from Southern Africa. In: Copeia. Vol. 4, 2010-Dec-17, pp. 578–590, doi:10.1643/CE-10-018
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Psammophis crucifer. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 October 2018.
- Psammophis crucifer In: Red List of South African Species. South African National Biodiversity Institute, June 2017
- IUCN: Psammophis crucifer (Least Concern)
- Cross-marked Grass Snake, African Snakebite Institute
Vernacular names
English: Cross-marked Grass Snake
