Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1201.120750
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23C7E6E7-AE73-4685-AEDA-26DEB0EE0068
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11196772
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scientific name	Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

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Record.

N’Dolondolo [- 13.8133, 13.1362, 681 m] ( CAS 263023).

Comments.

Following the key provided by Bates (2023), our specimen completely conforms with Dasypeltis scabra . Marques et al. (2018) provided a map of the distribution of this widespread species in Angola.

Bates MF (2023) The enigmatic Namibian egg-eating snake Dasypeltis loveridgei Mertens, 1954 (Squamata: Colubridae): A valid species recovered from synonymy. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 72 (2): 163 – 184. https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2023.72.2.163

Marques MP, Ceríaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM (2018) Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola – Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 – 2017). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 (65, Supplement II): 1 – 501.