Dasypeltis medici lamuensis

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: Dasypeltis medici lamuensis

Name

Dasypeltis medici lamuensis Gans, 1957

Type locality: Lamu Island, Kenya.

Synonyms

• Dasypeltis medici lamuensis Gans, 1957
• Dasypeltis palmarum Peters, 1878 (not of Leach!)
• Dasypeltis scabra var. F Boulenger, 1894 (part.)
• Dasypeltis scaber Uthmöller, 1934 (part.)
• Dasypeltis scaber Loveridge, 1936 (part.)
• Dasypeltis scaber Scortecci, 1939: 276 (part.)
• Dasypeltis scaber medici Loveridge 1939, (part.)
• Dasypeltis medici lamuensis — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 32

References

• Gans, C. 1957. Dasypeltis medici lamuensis, a new race of egg-eating snkae (Ophidia, Reptilia) from coastal East Africa. Breviora 79: 1–13.
• Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
• Dasypeltis medici at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Lamu East African Egg Eater