Forest vine snake
Forest vine snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Thelotornis |
Species: | T. kirtlandii
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Binomial name | |
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell, 1844)
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The forest vine snake (Thelotornis kirtlandii), also known commonly as the twig snake and the bird snake (as are other members of the genus Thelotornis), is a species of venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.
Etymology[]
The specific name, kirtlandii, is in honor of American naturalist Jared Potter Kirtland.[2]
Geographic range[]
T. kirtlandii is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, south to a latitude of about 17° S. It has been recorded from Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.[1]
Diet[]
T. kirtlandii is known to eat small birds.
Reproduction[]
T. kirtlandii is oviparous.[1]
References[]
Further reading[]
- Hallowell E (1844). "Descriptions of new species of African Reptiles". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2: 58-62. (Leptophis kirtlandii, new species, p. 62).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.
External links[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Thelotornis kirtlandii. |
- Species Thelotornis kirtlandii at The Reptile Database
Categories:
- Reptiles described in 1844
- Reptiles of Africa
- Colubrids
- Colubrid stubs