Dipsadoboa brevirostris

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: Dipsadoboa
Species: Dipsadoboa brevirostris

Name

• Dipsadoboa brevirostris (Sternfeld, 1908)

Holotype: ZMB [lost fide Rasmussen (1989: 257)].

Type locality: “Jabassi [=Yabassi]”, Littoral Province, Cameroon.

Combinations

• Dipsadomorphus brevirostris Sternfeld, 1908: 411 [original combination]
• Dipsadoboa brevirostris — Rasmussen, 1989: 257 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Leptodira guineensis Chabanaud, 1920: 491 [synonymyzed by Rasmussen (1989: 258)]

Syntypes (4): MNHN. [apparently lost fide Lescure]

Type locality: “Guinée Française: Diéké (cercle de N'Zèrékoré).

References

Primary references

• Sternfeld, R. [1907] 1908. Die Schlangenfauna von Kamerun. Mit einer Bestimmungstabelle. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 3(4): 397–432. BHL Reference page. 
• Chabanaud, P. 1920. Contribution a l’etude de la faune herpetologique de l’Afrique Occidentale. Bulletin du Comité d'études historiques et scientifiques de l'Afrique occidentale française 4: 489–497.
• Rasmussen, J.B. 1989. A taxonomic review of the Dipsadoboa duchesnei complex. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 40(3/4): 249–264.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Dipsadoboa brevirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 April 2018.
• Penner, J., Rödel , M.-O., Luiselli, L. & Chirio, L. 2013. IUCN: Dipsadoboa brevirostris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13265194A13265201. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13265194A13265201.en

Vernacular names

English: Short-snouted Tree Snake