Dasypeltis fasciata

Dasypeltis fasciata

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dasypeltis
Species: Dasypeltis fasciata

Name

Dasypeltis fasciata Smith, 1849

Type locality: Africa; “Sierra Leone”.

Synonyms

• Dasypeltis fasciatus Smith, 1849: 73
• Dipsas carinatus Hallowell, 1844: 119 (non Dipsas carinata Schlegel, 1837)
• Dipsas carinatus – Hallowell, 1857: 69
• Dasypeltis palmarum Gray, 1858: 161 (part.)
• Rachiodon subfasciatus Duméril, 1860
• Rachiodon scaber var. subfasciatus Jan, 1863: 106 (nom. nud.)
• Rachiodon scaber – Müller, 1885: 683
• Dasypeltis scabra var. fasciata – Mocquard, 1887: 81
• Dasypeltis macrops Boulenger, 1907
• Dasypeltis macrops — Schmidt, 1923: 100 (fide Gans, 1959)
• Dasypeltis scaber macrops – Bogert, 1940: 85
• Dasypeltis scaber fasciatus — Loveridge, 1942
• Dasypeltis macrops — Lebreton, 1999
• Dasypeltis fasciata — Rödel & Mahsberg, 2000

References

• Smith, A. 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. 3 (Reptiles). London, Smith, Elder & Co.
• Rödel M.O. & Mahsberg D. 2000. Vorläufige Liste der Schlangen des Tai-Nationalparks / Elfenbeinküste und angrenzender Gebiete. Salamandra 36(1): 25–38. PDF Reference page. 
• Chippaux, J.P. 1999. Les serpents d’Afrique occidentale et centrale. Paris (IRD editions), 278 pp. [critical book review in Herp. Bull. 73: 30].
• Dasypeltis fasciata at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Central African Egg-eating Snake, Western Forest Eggeater