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Platyceps brevis (BOULENGER, 1895)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Short Racer, Somali Racer
E: Smith's Racer [smithi] 
SynonymZamenis brevis BOULENGER 1895: 13
Zamenis tripraeocularis WERNER 1925: 57
Zamenis brevis — CALABRESI 1927: 31
Zamenis boschisi SCORTECCI 1930: 321
Coluber boschisi — PARKER 1932a: 362
Coluber brevis — PARKER 1932a: 363
Coluber brevis boschisi — LANZA 1963: 389
Coluber smithi [partim] — LANZA 1963: 393
Coluber brevis — GANS et al. 1965: 61
Haemorrhois [sic] brevis [ssp.] — WELCH 1982: 154
Eremiophis brevis — WELCH 1983: 108
Coluber brevis — LANZA 1983
Coluber brevis — SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986
Coluber brevis — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993
Haemorrhois brevis
Coluber [auct.] smithi [partim] — SCHÄTTI 1988: 102
Coluber [auct.] brevis brevis — SCHÄTTI in LANZA 1990: 435
Coluber brevis — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993: 334
Platyceps brevis — SCHÄTTI & UTIGER 2001: 936
Platyceps brevis — SCHÄTTI & UTIGER 2001
Platyceps brevis — SCHÄTTI & CHARVET 2003
Platyceps brevis brevis — SCHÄTTI & CHARVET 2003: 95
Platyceps brevis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 564
Platyceps brevis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 479 
DistributionSomalia, E Ethiopia, Republic of South Sudan (RSS)

Type locality: “Ogaden”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MSNG 28848
Holotype: NMW 23435 [tripraeocularis]
Holotype: MSNM (Milano) [boschisi] 
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CommentSynonymy after SCHÄTTI & CHARVET 2003. Recent authors have treated Platyceps brevis smithii (BOULENGER 1895) as valid species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “brevis, -e” = short. 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1895. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in western Somaliland and the Galla Country. Proc. zool. Soc. London 1895: 530-540 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896. A list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the late Prince Eugenio Ruspoli in Somaliland and Gallaland in 1893. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova, Giacomo Doria, (2) 17: 5-14 [11] - get paper here
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1895. Rettili e Batraci. in, Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi Affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli Anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii della Società Geografica Italiana. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria (2) 15: 9-18 - get paper here
  • Broadley,D.G. & Schätti,B. 2000. A new species of Coluber from northern Namibia (Reptilia: Serpentes). Madoqua 19 (2): 171-174 [1997] - get paper here
  • Cunningham, Peter L. and Andrew Cunningham 2005. First record of Coluber smithi (Boulenger, 1895) from Tanzania. Herpetozoa 18 (1-2):91-92. - get paper here
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • Kirchhof S, Wasonga V, Mazuch T, Spawls S, Malonza KP. 2023. An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1/2) [General Section]: 1–18 (e324) - get paper here
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  • Schätti, B.; Charvet, C. 2003. Systematics of Platyceps brevis (Boulenger 1895) and related East African racers (Serpentes Colubrinae). Tropical Zoology 16 (1): 93-111 - get paper here
  • Scortecci, G. 1930. Nuove Specie di Rettili ed Anfibi del Mozambico e della Somalia Italiana. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat 69 (3-4): 319-321 - get paper here
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