Crotaphopeltis
{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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Crotaphopeltis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.{{EMBL genus|genus=Crotaphopeltis}}. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
The following six species are recognized as being valid.
- Crotaphopeltis barotseensis {{small|Broadley, 1968}}
- Crotaphopeltis braestrupi {{small|Rasmussen, 1985}}
- Crotaphopeltis degeni {{small|(Boulenger, 1906)}}
- Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis {{small|(J.T. Reinhardt, 1843)}}
- Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia {{small|(Laurenti, 1768)}}
- Crotaphopeltis tornieri {{small|(F. Werner, 1908)}}
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Crotaphopeltis.
References
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Further reading
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Genus Crotaphopeltis, p. 96).
- Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Crotaphopeltis, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
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