Crotaphopeltis degeni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Crotaphopeltis
Species: Crotaphopeltis degeni

Name

Crotaphopeltis degeni (Boulenger, 1906)

Type locality: Entebbe, Uganda.

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.9.96-97.

Synonyms

• Leptodira degeni Boulenger, 1906: 572
• Crotaphopeltis degeni — Barbour & Amaral, 1927: 26
• Crotaphopeltis degeni — Angenstein, 1996
• Crotaphopeltis degeni — Rasmussen, 1997
• Crotaphopeltis degeni — Chirio & Ineich, 2006

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Additions to the herptetology of British East Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2: 570–572.
• Barbour, T.;Amaral, A. D. 1927. Studies on African ophidia. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1 (1): 1–3.
• Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59.
• Crotaphopeltis degeni at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Yellow-flanked Snake