Inyoka swazicus

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: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Inyoka
Species: Inyoka swazicus

Name

Inyoka swazicus (Schaefer, 1970)

• Holotype: PEM 1514/81, unsexed, collected by James Culverwell in October 1968.
• Type locality: “Forbes Reef, [Hhohho District,] Swaziland (26º42' S, 31º05' E)”.

Combinations

• Lamprophis swazicus Schaefer, 1970: 205 [original combination]
• Inyoka swazicus — Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet, 2011: 422 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Schaefer, N. 1970. A new species of House Snake from Swaziland, with notes on the status of the two Genera Lamprophis and Boaedon. Annals of the Cape provincial Museums. Natural History 8(14): 205–208. BHL
• Kelly, C.M.R., Branch, W.R., Broadley, D.G., Barker, N.P. & Villet, M.H. 2011. Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(3): 415–426. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Inyoka swazicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 February 2020.
• Maritz, B. 2018. IUCN: Inyoka swazicus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T11229A115651894. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T11229A115651894.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Swasiland-Hausschlange
English: Swazi Rock Snake