Dipsadoboa werneri

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: Dipsadoboa
Species: Dipsadoboa werneri

Name

Dipsadoboa werneri (Boulenger, 1897)

Type locality: Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.

Synonyms

• Leptodira werneri Boulenger, 1897: 281
• Dipsas obtusa Werner, 1895 (nec Dipsas obtusa Reuss, 1834)
• Dipsadomorphus reticulatus Werner, 1909: 55
• Crotaphopeltis werneri Loveridge, 1933: 32
• Dipsadoboa werneri - Laurent, 1951: 210
• Crotaphopeltis werneri werneri Loveridge, 1959: 39
• Dipsadoboa werneri - Rasmussen, 1986
• Dipsadoboa werneri — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 31

References

• Boulenger, G. A. 1897. Description of a new from Usambara, German East Africa. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 19: 281.
• Rasmussen, J.B. 1981. The snakes from the rainforest of the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: a checklist and key. Salamandra 17 (3/4): 173–188.
• Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
• Dipsadoboa werneri at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Werner's Green Tree Snake