Dasypeltis atra
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Dasypeltis |
Species: | D. atra
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Binomial name | |
Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912
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Dasypeltis atra, commonly known as the montane egg-eating snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.
Geographic range[]
D. atra is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ a b c Species Dasypeltis atra at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading[]
- Bates, Michael F.; Broadley, Donald G. (2018). "A revision of the egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae) in north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabia, with descriptions of three new species". Indago 34: 1-95.
- Sternfeld R (1912). "'Reptilia". pp. 197–280. In: Schubotz H (editor) (1912). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907–1908 unter Führing Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Band IV. Zoologie II. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann. 485 pp. (Dasypeltis scabra var. atra, new variety, p. 272). (in German).
Categories:
- Reptiles described in 1912
- Reptiles of Africa
- Colubrids
- Colubrid stubs