Xenocalamus sabiensis

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: Atractaspididae
Subfamilia: Aparallactinae
Genus: Xenocalamus
Species: Xenocalamus sabiensis

Name

• Xenocalamus sabiensis Broadley, 1971: 673

Holotype: NMZB-UM 1448, ♂, collected by D. Bredenkamp on November 1961.

Type locality: “Birchenough Bridge, Sabi River, Rhodesia [=Zimbabwe], at an altitude of 450 metres”.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1971. A review of the African snake genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus (Colubridae). Occasional papers of the National Museums of Rhodesia. Series B, Natural sciences 4(33): 629–697. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xenocalamus sabiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Sabi Quill-snouted Snake