Dasypeltis bazi

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: Dasypeltis
Species: Dasypeltis bazi

Name

Dasypeltis bazi Saleh & Sarhan, 2016: 31

• Holotype: AUZC R09458, adult ♀, collected in September 2009.
• Type locality: “Abu-Gandir, Faiyum Governorate, Egypt (29°15′12 N, 30°40′35 E)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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 bazi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 June 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Egyptian Egg-eating Snake