Amblyodipsas concolor (SMITH, 1849)

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Higher Taxa	Atractaspididae (Aparallactinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Kwazulu-Natal Purple-glossed Snake
Synonym	Choristodon (Choristocalamus) concolor SMITH 1849: 18 Calamelaps ? concolor — BOULENGER 1896: 246 Calamelaps mironi MOCQUARD 1905 Choristocalamus concolor — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947 Amblyodipsas (Choristocalamus) concolor — BROADLEY 1971 Amblyodipsas concolor — WELCH 1994: 15 Amblyodipsas concolor — BOYCOTT 1992 Amblyodipsas concolor — WALLACH et al. 2014: 26
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (E Transvaal south to Durban) Swaziland Type locality: "Kaffirland to the eastward of the Cape Colony." [=Natal fide Loveridge, 1944: 161].
Reproduction	Viviparous
Types	Holotype: NMSZ (formerly RSM, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh)
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (679 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous! Habitat. Apparently restricted to moist, usually forested, regions.
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here Boycott R C. 1995. Notes on the distribution and ecology of Amblyodipsas concolor (A. Smith, 1849) in Swaziland (Serpentes: Colubridae). AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 33 (4): 417-419. - get paper here BOYCOTT, R. C. 2018. Further observations on the Natal Purple-glossed Snake Amblyodipsas concolor (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) in eSwatini with an assessment of its regional status. African Herp News (68): 31-36 - get paper here Boycott, R.C. 1992. An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland. The Conservation Trust of Swaziland - get paper here BOYCOTT, R.C. 2009. Amblyodipsas concolor. Size, defensive behaviour, and lepidosis. African Herp News (48): 20-21 - get paper here Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. Broadley, D. G. 1971. A revision of the African snake genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus. Occ. Pap. natl. Mus. Rhod. B4 (33): 629-697 Haacke, W.D. 1982. Further Notes on Reproduction and Distribution of the Natal Purple Gloss Snake, Amblyodipsas concolor. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (28): 24-25 - get paper here Haagner, G.V. 1994. Geographical Distribution - Amblyodipsas concolor. African Herp News (21): 26-26 - get paper here Reissig, J 2020. Amblyodipsas concolor (Kwazulu-Natal; Purple-Glossed Snake). Defensive Behavior/Death-Feigning. Herpetological Review 51: 608. Smith, A. 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. 3 (Reptiles). Smith, Elder, and Co., London [facsimile published by Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1977] - get paper here Venter, Jan A.; Werner Conradie 2015. A checklist of the reptiles and amphibians found in protected areas along the South African Wild Coast, with notes on conservation implications. Koedoe 57 (1): 1-25. doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v57i1.1247 - get paper here 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. 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.sntc.org.sz/biodiversity/sdreptiles.asp http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/serpentes… Google images

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