Psammophis crucifer

Psammophis crucifer

Psammophis crucifer — distribution map

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: Psammophiidae
Genus: Psammophis
Species: Psammophis crucifer

Name

• Psammophis crucifer (Daudin, 1803)

Holotype: unknown.

Type locality: “Indes orientales” (in error), corrected to “South Africa” by FitzSimons (1962: 239).

Combinations

• Coluber crucifer Daudin, 1803: 189 [original combination]
• Psammophis crucifer — Boie, 1827: 525 [subsequent combination]
• Saurophis crucifer — Fisk, 1883: 32 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Septième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 436 pp. + plates LXXXI–XCII. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G. 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 83–119. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635466 Reference page. 
• Amanda M. Cottone, Aaron M. Bauer: Sexual Dimorphism, Diet, Reproduction, and Their Geographic Variation in Sympatric Psammophiids, Psammophis crucifer and Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus, from Southern Africa. In: Copeia. Vol. 4, 2010-Dec-17, pp. 578–590, doi:10.1643/CE-10-018

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Psammophis crucifer. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 October 2018.
• Psammophis crucifer In: Red List of South African Species. South African National Biodiversity Institute, June 2017
• IUCN: Psammophis crucifer  (Least Concern)
• Cross-marked Grass Snake, African Snakebite Institute

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Quergebänderte Sandrennnatter
English: Cross-marked Grass Snake

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