Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)

Bittencourt-Silva Keywords., Gabriela B., 2019, A herpetological survey of western Zambia, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 181) 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 16

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) White-lipped Herald Snake

Material. ITEZHI-TEZHI: BMNH 2018.2776 ( Fig. 7K ); HILLWOOD FARM: BMNH 2018.2773; SIOMA NGWEZI NP: BMNH 2018.2777. Comments: All individuals collected are juveniles and were found at night in miombo woodland near rocks. The most similar sequence on GenBank is C. hotamboeia from Malawi (99%, accession number AY 611816).

Figures

Fig. 7. Reptiles of western Zambia. (A) Agama armata (BMNH 2018.2751), (B) Chamaeleo dilepis (BMNH 2018.2755), (C)–(D) Lygodactylus chobiensis (BMNH 2018.2743), (E) Pachydactylus punctatus, (F) Ichnotropis capensis (BMNH 2018.2750), (G) Meroles squamulosus (BMNH 2018.2753), (H) Trachylepis cf. albopunctata (BMNH 2018.2765), (I) Trachylepis varia (BMNH 2018.2769), (J) Typhlacontias rohani (BMNH 2018.2761), (K) Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (BMNH 2018.2776), (L) Philothamnus hoplogaster (BMNH 2018.2775), (M) Rhamnophis aethiopissa ituriensis (BMNH 2018.2772), (N) Thelotornis kirtlandii (BMNH 2018.2760), (O) Atractaspis congica (BMNH 2018.2274), (P)–(R) Kinixys spekii.