Dendroaspis polylepis Gunther, 1864

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 : 117

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scientific name	Dendroaspis polylepis Gunther, 1864
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Black Mamba

Material: Shed skin found in BNP. Photographic records (L. Gata, CF; J. Traguedo, HF).

Comment: This species is recorded from several localities in Angola ( Marques et al. 2018). Locally known as “kuiva” (J. Traguedo, pers. comm.).

Marques MP, Ceriaco 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 65 (Supplement II): 1 - 501.

Abbreviations

BNP	Banff Park Museum

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Squamata
Family	Elapidae
Genus	Dendroaspis

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