Meizodon krameri

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: Meizodon
Species: Meizodon krameri

Name

Meizodon krameri Schätti, 1985: 155

• Holotype: MCZ 40323, ♀, collected by A. Loveridge on 5 June 1934.
• Type locality: “Kau, Tana River, Kenya”.

References

Primary references

• Schätti, B. 1985. Systematics of East African species of Meizodon Fischer, 1856 (Reptilia Serpentes Colubridae). Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 20(8): 149–175.

Links

• Spawls, S., Branch, W.R. & Malonza, P. 2022. IUCN: Meizodon krameri  (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2014 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T13265429A217783846. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T13265429A217783846.en. Accessed on 01 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Tana Delta Smooth Snake