| Higher Taxa | Atractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Zaire Centipede-eater. |
| Synonym | Aparallactus moeruensis DE WITTE & LAURENT 1943
Aparallactus moeruensis — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947: 117
Aparallactus moeruensis — WELCH 1994: 17
Aparallactus moeruensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 48
Aparallactus moeruensis — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Type locality: "Pweto (Distr. du Haut-Katanga), Congo Belge," [Zaire].
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC = MFAC) 240, a 389 mm female (Lemaire, 1899). |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3057 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Venomous!
Similar species: Aparallactus moeruensis is very similar to and may be a synonym of A. capensis or A. lunulatus.
Abundance: apparently only known from the holotype. |
| References |
- Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
- Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. 2004. The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo]. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - get paper here
- Chifundera, K. 1990. Snakes of Zaire and their bites. Afr. Stud. Monogr. (Kyoto) 10(3): 137-157.
- Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
- Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
- Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
- Witte, G. F. de & LAURENT,R.F. 1943. Contribution à la systématique des Boiginae du Congo Belge (Rept.) [and errata slip]. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 37: 157-189
- Witte, G. F. de & LAURENT,R.F. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines. Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique (sér. 2) 29: 1-134 - get paper here
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