Psammophis angolensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Psammophiidae
Genus: Psammophis
Species: Psammophis angolensis

Name

• Psammophis angolensis (Bocage, 1872)

Holotype: MB, collected by F.A.P. Bayão on 1868. [destroyed by fire 18 March 1978]

Type locality: “Dondo (intérieur d’Angola)”.

Combinations

• Amphiophis angolensis Bocage, 1872: 82 [original combination]
• Psammophis angolensis — Boulenger, 1896: 170 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Bocage, J.V.B. 1872. Diagnoses de quelques espéces nouvelles de Reptiles d'Afrique occidentale. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes 4: 72–82. BHL

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G. 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 83–119. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635466 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Psammophis angolensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Sand Snake