Dipsadoboa

Dipsadoboa is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Dipsadoboa
Dipsadoboa aulica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Dipsadoboa
Günther, 1858

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)
  • Dipsadoboa brevirostris (Sternfeld, 1908)
  • Dipsadoboa duchesnii (Boulenger, 1901)
  • Dipsadoboa flavida (Broadley & R. Stevens, 1971)
  • Dipsadoboa kageleri (Uthmöller, 1939)
  • Dipsadoboa montisilva Branch, Conradie, & Tolley, 2019
  • Dipsadoboa shrevei (Loveridge, 1932)
  • Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen, 1993
  • Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther, 1858
  • Dipsadoboa viridis (W. Peters, 1869)
  • Dipsadoboa weileri (Lindholm, 1905)
  • Dipsadoboa werneri (Boulenger, 1897)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dipsadoboa.

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References

  1. 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).
  2. 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).


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