Dasypeltis

Dasypeltis scabra

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Dasypeltis
Species (18): D. abyssina – D. arabica – D. atra – D. bazi – D. confusa – D. congolensis – D. crucifera – D. fasciata – D. gansi – D. inornata – D. latericia – D. loveridgei – D. medici – D. palmarum – D. parascabra – D. sahelensis – D. scabra – D. taylori

Name

Dasypeltis Wagler, 1830: 178 [conserved name]

• Type species: Coluber scaber Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 387 (1956: 243).

Synonyms

• Anodon Smith, 1829: 143 [suppressed by Opinion 387 (1956: 243)]
  • Type species: Anodon typus Smith, 1829, by monotypy.
  • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 387 (1956: 243).
• Rachiodon Jourdan, 1834: 214 [substitute name for Anodon Smith, 1829]
• Deirodon Owen, 1841: 220 [substitute name for Anodon Smith, 1829]

References

Primary references

• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1956. Opinion 387. Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Anodon Smith, 1829, for the purpose of validating the generic name Dasypeltis Wagler, 1830, for the African Egg-eating Snake (Class Reptilia) . pp. 241–250 In Hemming, F. (ed.). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Volume 12. Part 8. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Trape, S., Mediannikov, O. & Trape, J.-F. 2012. When colour patterns reflect phylogeography: New species of Dasypeltis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Boigini) from West Africa. Comptes Rendus Biologies 335(7): 488–501. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2012.05.001 Reference page. 
• Saleh, M. & Sarhan, M. 2016. The egg-eating snake (Colubridae: Dasypeltis) of Faiyum, Egypt, with the description of a new species. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 160: 25–48. Reference page. 
• Bates, M.F. & Broadley, D.G.† 2018. A revision of the egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata: Colubridae: Boigini) in north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabia, with descriptions of three new species. Indago 34(1): 1–95. ISBN 978-1-86847-176-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Dasypeltis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 May 2023.

Vernacular names

ak: Pampansrada
беларуская: Змеі-яйцаеды
Deutsch: Afrikanische Eierschlangen
English: African Egg-eating Snakes
日本語: タマゴヘビ属

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