Psammophis trigrammus

Psammophis trigrammus

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

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.8.12 (formerly BMNH 1864.7.11.4), ♂, collected by F.F. Monteiro on 1864.

Type locality: “on the banks of the river S. Nicolao (Little Fish Bay, West Africa)”.

Günther, A. 1865. Fourth account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 3, 15: 89–98. BHL

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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Psammophis trigrammus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2018.
IUCN: Psammophis trigrammus (Least Concern)

English: Western Sand Snake

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