Telescopus dhara

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Telescopus
Species: Telescopus dhara
Name
[edit]Telescopus dhara (Forsskål, 1775)
- Holotype: none designated.
- Type locality: “Temen paffim [=Yemen]”.
Combinations
[edit]- Coluber dhara Forsskål, 1775: 14 [original combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex Officina Mölleri: Hauniae [=Copenhagen]. 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164 + 1 map. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Koch, C., Flecks, M., Campbell, P.D., Calvo, M., Spawls, S., Vidal, N. & Meiri, S. 2025. What is revealed from a widely distributed species in Africa and Southwest Asia? The case of the Telescopus dhara–obtusus species complex (Squamata: Colubridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(3): zlaf117. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf117
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Telescopus dhara. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 May 2019.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Arabian Cat Snake