Name - Dasypeltis

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:49503 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Dasypeltis Wagler 1830

• Dasypeltis Smith

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica XII.
• 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.
• A field guide to East African reptiles. Second edition.
• Dietary Specialization and Habitat Shifts in a Clade of Afro-Asian Colubrid Snakes (Colubridae: Colubrinae).
• The enigmatic Namibian egg-eating snake Dasypeltis loveridgei Mertens, 1954 (Squamata: Colubridae): A valid species recovered from synonymy.

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