Dasypeltis medici

Dasypeltis medici

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dasypeltis
Species: Dasypeltis medici

Name

Dasypeltis medici (Bianconi, 1859)

• Holotype: IBI, ♂, collected by Michaeli via C. Fornasini between 1842–1847. [lost fide Gans (1959: 157)]
• Type locality: Unknown; listed as “Mosambique [= Mozambique]” by Jan & Sordelli (1872: 3 in 1870–1881). Probably Inhambane, Mozambique fide Broadley (1983: 265).

Combinations

• Dipsas Medici Bianconi, 1859 [original combination]
• Dasypeltis scabra medici — Peters, 1882 [subsequent combination]
• Dasypeltis medici — Gans, 1957 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Dasypeltis scaber var. fasciolata Peters, 1868: 451
• Dasypeltis elongata Mocquard, 1888
• Dasypeltis medici lamuensis Gans, 1957

References

Primary references

• Bianconi, G.G. 1859. Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. Fasciculus XII. De Reptilibus. Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna 10: 501, pl. 26.

Additional references

• Bates, M.F. & Broadley, D.G.† 2018. A revision of the egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata: Colubridae: Boigini) in north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabia, with descriptions of three new species. Indago 34(1): 1–95. ISBN 978-1-86847-176-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Spawls, S., Branch, W.R. & Wagner, P. 2021. IUCN: Dasypeltis medici  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13265127A13265135. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265127A13265135.en. Accessed on 10 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: East African Egg Eater