Dasypeltis crucifera

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 crucifera

Name

Dasypeltis crucifera Bates in Bates & Broadley, 2018: 42

• Holotype: ZMB 7631, adult ♀, purchased from Edward Gerrard during the second half of the 19th century.
• Type locality: “Bogos, Eritrea”.

References

Primary 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 crucifera. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Cross-marked Egg-eater