Duberria shirana

Duberria shirana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Amplorhininae
Genus: Duberria
Species: Duberria shirana

Name

Duberria shirana (Boulenger, 1894)

• Holotype: BMNH.
• Type locality: “Shire Highlands, Malawi”.

Combinations

• Homalosoma shiranum Boulenger, 1894: 276 [original combination]
• Duberria lutrix shiranum Loveridge, 1944: 34 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Duberria lutrix shirana — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 26 [subsequent combination, correct gender agreement]
• Duberria shirana — Broadley et al. 2003 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II. Containing the conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xi + 382 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Duberria shirana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 October 2018.
• IUCN: Duberria shirana  (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Shire Slug Eater