Dasypeltis loveridgei
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Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dasypeltis
Species: Dasypeltis loveridgei
Name edit
Dasypeltis loveridgei Mertens, 1954
- Holotype: SMF 46642, ♀, collected by W. Metzler on 29 October 1952.
- Type locality: “Farm Finkenstein bei Windhoek, Südwestafrika”.
Combinations edit
- Dasypeltis scabra loveridgei Mertens, 1954: 213 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Dasypeltis loveridgei — Bates & Broadley, 2018: 6 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
References edit
Primary references edit
- Mertens, R. 1954. Neue Schlangenrassen aus Südwest- und Südafrika. Zoologischer Anzeiger 152: 213–219.
- 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 edit
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Dasypeltis loveridgei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 May 2023.