Psammophis mossambicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Lectotype: ZMB 2468A collected by W.C.H. Peters between June 1843–August 1847.[designated by Broadley (2002: 96)]

Type locality: “Insel Mossambique [=Mozambique Island]”.

Psammophis sibilans var. mossambica Peters, 1882: 122 [original combination]
Psammophis mossambicus — Branch, 1998: 92 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Peters, W. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät es Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgefeführt von Wilhelm C. Peters. Zoologie III. Amphibien. Reimer, Berlin. 191 pp.

Broadley, D.G. 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 83–119. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635466 Reference page.

English: Olive Grass Snake

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