Dasypeltis medici

Dasypeltis medici

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: Dasypeltis
Species: Dasypeltis medici
Subspecies: D. m. lamuensis – D. m. medici

Name

Dasypeltis medici (Bianconi, 1859)

Type locality: Mozambique; probably Inhambane.

Holotype: ZMB 5737.

Synonyms

• Dasypeltis medici medici (Bianconi, 1859)
• Dipsas Medici Bianconi, 1859
• Dasypeltis scabra var. bianconii Boettger, 1893: 132
• Dasypeltis scaber var. fasciolata Peters, 1868: 451
• Dasypeltis elongata Mocquard, 1888
• Dasypeltis medici medici — Rasmussen, 1981: 180
• Dasypeltis medici medici — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 32

References

• Bianconi, J.J. 1859. Specimina Zoologica Mosambicana. Bononiae, fasc. 1-16, ii+406 pp. First published in Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Inst. Bologna 10: 501.
• Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
• Rasmussen, J.B. 1981. The snakes from the rainforest of the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: a checklist and key. Salamandra 17 (3/4): 173–188.
• Dasypeltis medici at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: East African Egg Eater