Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882

Baptista, Ninda L., António, Telmo & Branch, William R., 2019, The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 203) 13 (2), pp. 96-130 : 118

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13238919

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scientific name

Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882
status

 

Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882 View in CoL

Stripe-bellied Sand Snake ( Fig. 32)

Material: Four unlabelled specimens from Carmira Farm private collection; one photographic record (L. Gata, CF).

Comment: This species is restricted to the semi-arid scrubland and mopane woodland, above and below the escarpment in southwestern Angola (Branch 2018). Additional recent records include specimens from Equimina and Serra da Neve (Vaz Pinto and Baptista, unpub. data).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Psammophiidae

Genus

Psammophis

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