Duberria lutrix

Duberria lutrix

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: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Amplorhininae
Genus: Duberria
Species: Duberria lutrix

Subspecies (5): D. l. abyssinica – D. l. atriventris – D. l. basilewskyi – D. l. currylindahli – D. l. lutrix

Name

Duberria lutrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type material: unknown.
• Type locality: “Indiis”.

Combinations

• Coluber lutrix Linnaeus, 1758: 216 [original combination]
• Homalosoma lutrix — Duméril & Bibron, 1854 [subsequent combination]
• Duberria lutrix — Loveridge, 1933 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kullenkampf, K., van Zyl, F., Klaus, S. & Daniels, S.R. 2019. Molecular evidence for cryptic species in the common slug eating snake Duberria lutrix lutrix (Squamata, Lamprophiidae) from South Africa. Zookeys 838: 133–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.838.32022 Reference page. 
• M.F. Bates: The slug- and snail-eating snakes of Africa. May 1998 (online)
• Richard Sternfeld: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1907- 1908, unter Führung A. Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. 1912 (BHL online)

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Duberria lutrix. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 June 2022.
• Howell, K., Ngalason, W., Spawls, S. & Msuya, C.A. 2021. IUCN: Duberria lutrix  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176801A42572914. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176801A42572914.en. Accessed on 08 June 2022.
• Duberria lutrix In: Red List of South African Species. South African National Biodiversity Institute, June 2017
• Common Slug-eater, African Snakebite Institute

Vernacular names

English: Common Slug Eater

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