Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Taxonavigation

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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: Crotaphopeltis
Species: Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Name

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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)

Type locality: “India orientali” = Africa.

Holotype: None. Description based on fig. 6, plate xxxiii in Seba 1734.

Synonyms

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  • Coronella hotamboeia Laurenti, 1768: 58
  • Leptodira rufescens Gmelin, 1789: 1094 — Günther, 1895: 525
  • Coronella rufescensSchlegel, 1837
  • Heterurus rufescensDuméril & Bibron, 1854: 1170
  • Leptodira rufescensBoettger, 1893: 119
  • Leptodira hotamboeia - Peracca, 1897
  • Leptodira hitamboeiaBoulenger, 1897: 279 (in error)
  • Leptodeira hotamboeiaSchmidt, 1923: 107
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia hotamboeiaLoveridge, 1937: 276
  • Tarbophis barnum-browni Bogert, 1940
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia ruziziensis Laurent, 1956
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeiaBroadley, 1968
  • Crotaphopeltis bicolor (Leach, 1819)
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeiaAuerbach, 1987: 184
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeiaRödel & Mahsberg, 2000

References

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  • Laurenti, J. N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 pp.
  • Rödel M.O. & Mahsberg D. 2000. Vorläufige Liste der Schlangen des Tai-Nationalparks / Elfenbeinküste und angrenzender Gebiete. Salamandra 36(1): 25–38. PDF Reference page
  • Rödel, M.O., Kouadio, K. & Mahsberg, D. 1999. Die Schlangenfauna des Comoé-Nationalparks, Elfenbeinküste: Ergänzungen und Ausblick. Salamandra 35(3): 165–180. PDF Reference page
  • 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.
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

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English: Herald Snake, Red-lipped Snake