Boaedon branchi

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Boaedon
Species: Boaedon branchi

Name

Boaedon branchi Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer, 2020: 61

• Holotype: PEM R21846 (field no. ANG 15 56), adult ♂, collected by William R. Branch on 8 June 2015.
• Type locality: “about 47.5 km E of Menongue on road to Cuito Cuanavale (−14.59517°, 18.07111°, 1 497 m), Cuando Cubango Province, Angola”.

References

Primary references

• Hallermann, J., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Schmitz, A., Ernst, R., Conradie, W., Verburgt, L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex. African Journal of Herpetology 69(1): 29–78. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1777470 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boaedon branchi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Branch’s Brown House Snake
português: Serpente Castanha de Branch