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 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 scabra

Name

Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype: NHR (formerly MAFR), ♀. [lost fide Andersson (1899: 5) and Gans (1959: 87)]
Type locality: “Indiis” in error, corrected to “via the Cape ... read as South Africa” by Flower (1933: 818), restricted to “probably near Cape Town” by Mertens (1954: 214).

Combinations

Coluber scaber Linnaeus, 1758: 223 [original combination]
Dasypeltis scaber — Wagler, 1830: 178 [subsequent combination]
Rhachiodon scaber — Jourdan, 1833 [subsequent combination]
Tropidonotus scaber — Schlegel, 1837: 328 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Anodon typus Smith, 1828: 443
Dasypeltis scaber breviceps Peters, 1864: 645
Dasypeltis scaber capensis Peters, 1864
Dasypeltis scaber mossambicus Peters, 1864: 644
Tropidechis dunensis De Vis, 1911

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL 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 scabra. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2022.
Baha El Din, S., Busais, S.M.S., Geniez, P., Howell, K., Ngalason, W. & Msuya, C.A. 2021. IUCN: Dasypeltis scabra (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T131300703A1444804. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T131300703A1444804.en. Accessed on 28 October 2022.

Vernacular names

български: Змия яйцеед
Deutsch: Afrikanische Eierschlange
English: Rhombic Egg Eater
español: Serpiente comedora de huevos común
日本語: アフリカタマゴヘビ
Nederlands: Eieretende slang
norsk: Afrikaeggsnok
polski: Jajożer
русский: Африканская яичная змея
українська: Яйцева змія африканська

For more multimedia, look at Dasypeltis scabra on Wikimedia Commons.