Name - Dasypeltis Wagler 1830

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:358319 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Dasypeltis

• Dasypeltis Wagler, 1830

• Dasypeltis Smith

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Recent Publications

• Fitzsimons' snakes of southern Africa. Revised edition with addendum.
• [The snakes of western and central Africa.]
• When colour patterns reflect phylogeography: New species of Dasypeltis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Boigini) from West Africa.
• A revision of the egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae) in north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabia, with descriptions of three new species.
• The enigmatic Namibian egg-eating snake Dasypeltis loveridgei Mertens, 1954 (Squamata: Colubridae): A valid species recovered from synonymy.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Nat. Syst. Amphib., 1830 1830: 178. [Index Animalium Entry]

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