Amblyodipsas rodhaini
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Atractaspididae
Subfamilia: Aparallactinae
Genus: Amblyodipsas
Species: Amblyodipsas rodhaini
Name
[edit]Amblyodipsas rodhaini (de Witte, 1930)
- Holotype: MRAC 3079, ♂, collected by J.A.H. Rodhain between 1910–1911.
- Type locality: “toute probabilité du Lomami, Congo Belge”.
Combinations
[edit]- Rhinocalamus rhodaini de Witte, 1930: 1 [original combination]
- Calamelaps rodhaini — Witte & Laurent, 1947: 36 [subsequent combination]
- Amblyodipsas rodhaini — Broadley, 1971 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- de Witte, G.F. 1930. Un serpent du Congo Belge (Rhinocalamus rhodaini sp.n.). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 19(1): 1–3.
- de Witte, G.F. & Laurent, R.F. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines. Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. Série 2 29: 1–134.
- Broadley, D.G. 1971. A review of the African snake genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus (Colubridae). Occasional papers of the National Museums of Rhodesia. Series B, Natural sciences 4(33): 629–697. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Kusamba, C. 2021. IUCN: Amblyodipsas rodhaini (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176272A126100413. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T176272A126100413.en. Accessed on 22 January 2026.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Rodhain's Purple-glossed Snake