Dipsadoboa
Dipsadoboa | |
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Dipsadoboa aulica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
Genus: | Dipsadoboa Günther, 1858 |
Dipsadoboa is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.
Geographic range[]
The genus Dipsadoboa is endemic to Africa.[1]
Species[]
The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Dipsadoboa aulica (Günther, 1864)
- (Sternfeld, 1908)
- (Boulenger, 1901)
- (Broadley & , 1971)
- (Uthmöller, 1939)
- Branch, Conradie, & Tolley, 2019
- (Loveridge, 1932)
- , 1993
- Günther, 1858
- (W. Peters, 1869)
- (, 1905)
- (Boulenger, 1897)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dipsadoboa.
References[]
- ^ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Dipsadoboa, p. 98).
- ^ Genus Dipsadoboa at The Reptile Database
Further reading[]
- Günther A (1858). Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Dipsadoboa, new genus, p. 182).
Categories:
- Colubrids
- Snake genera
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Colubrid stubs