Duberria rhodesiana

Duberria rhodesiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Amplorhininae
Genus: Duberria
Species: Duberria rhodesiana

Name

• Duberria rhodesiana Broadley, 1968

Holotype: NMZB-NM/M 916, ♀, collected by D.G. Broadley on 29 December 1956.

Type locality: “Chishawasha, near Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia [=Zimbabwe]”.

Combinations

• Duberria lutrix rhodesiana Broadley, 1958: 215 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Duberria rhodesiana Broadley & Blaylock, 2013: 227 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1958. Serpentes, Colubridae: Duberria lutrix rhodesiana n. subsp. Occasional papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia. Natural sciences 3(22B): 215–216. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Duberria rhodesiana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Zimbabwean Slug Eater