Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)

• Holotype: not designated, location unknown. [based on fig. 6, plate xxxiii in Seba 1734]
• Type locality: “India orientali”, corrected to “Africa” by Loveridge (1957: 271).

Combinations

• Coronella hotamboeia Laurenti, 1768: 58 [original combination]
• Leptodira hotamboeia — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
• Leptodeira hotamboeia — Schmidt, 1923 [subsequent combination]
• Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia — Barbour & Amaral, 1927 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coronella virginica Laurenti, 1768
• Coluber rufescens Gmelin, 1789
• Coluber bicolor Leach, 1819
• Ophis albocinctus Duvernoy, 1833
• Ophis heterurus Duvernoy, 1833
• Dipsas inornatus Smith, 1849
• Oxyropus melanocrotaphos Cope, 1860
• Tarbophis barnumbrowni Bogert, 1940
• Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia ruziziensis Laurent, 1956

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rödel M.O. & Mahsberg D. 2000. Vorläufige Liste der Schlangen des Tai-Nationalparks / Elfenbeinküste und angrenzender Gebiete. Salamandra 36(1): 25–38. PDF Reference page. 
• Rödel, M.O., Kouadio, K. & Mahsberg, D. 1999. Die Schlangenfauna des Comoé-Nationalparks, Elfenbeinküste: Ergänzungen und Ausblick. Salamandra 35(3): 165–180. PDF Reference page. 
• Trape, J.-F. & Mane, Y. 2006. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale. Savane et désert. [Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger]. IRD Editions, Paris, 226 pp.

Links

• Wagner, P., Penner, J., Rödel, M.-O., Luiselli, L., Branch, W.R., Chirio, L., Howell, K. & Malonza, P.K. 2021. IUCN: Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13264994A13265005. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13264994A13265005.en. Accessed on 10 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Weißlippenschlange
• English: Red-lipped Snake