Bamanophis dorri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Bamanophis
Species: Bamanophis dorri

Name

Bamanophis dorri (Lataste, 1888)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.13.3 (formerly 1920.1.20.3742) and 1946.1.14.82 (formerly 1920.1.20.3785).
• Type locality: “dans le fort et à côté du dort de Bakel, Haut-Sénégal”.

Combinations

• Periops dorri Lataste, 1888: 227 [original combination]
• Zamenis dorri — Boulenger, 1893: 410 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber dorri — Dekeyser & Villiers, 1954: 962 [subsequent combination]
• Haemorrhois [sic] dorri — Meirte, 1992: 69 [subsequent combination]
• Bamanophis dorri — Schätti & Trape, 2008: 597 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lataste, F. 1888. Description d’un ophidien diacrantérien nouveau. Le Naturaliste 10: 227–228. BHL
• Schätti, B. & Trape, J.-F. 2008. Bamanophis, a new genus for the West African colubrid Periops dorri Lataste, 1888 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115(4): 595–615. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schätti B.; Wilson L. D. 1986. Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399 1986: 1–4.
• Trape, J.-F. & Mane, Y. 2006. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale. Savane et désert. [Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger]. IRD Editions, Paris, 226 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bamanophis dorri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 July 2021.
• Wilms, T. & Wagner, P. 2013. IUCN: Bamanophis dorri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13264896A13264903. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13264896A13264903.en

Vernacular names

English: Dorr's Racer