Dendrolycus elapoides (GÜNTHER, 1874)
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Higher Taxa | Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | Dendrolycus elapoides angusticinctus (LAURENT 1952) Dendrolycus elapoides elapoides (GÜNTHER 1874) |
Common Names | E: Cameroon Rainforest Snake |
Synonym | Lycophidium elapoides GÜNTHER 1874 Lycophidium elapoides — BOULENGER 1893: 343 Lycophidion elapoides — SCHMIDT 1923: 69 Dendrolycus elapoides — LAURENT 1956 Dendrolycus elapoides elapoides — PERRET 1961 Dendrolycus elapoides — LEBRETON 1999 Dendrolycus elapoides — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007: 408 Dendrolycus elapoides — WALLACH et al. 2014: 224 Dendrolycus elapoides angusticinctus (LAURENT 1952) Lycophidion elapoides angusticinctum LAURENT 1952: 270 Dendrolycus elapoides angusticinctus — LAURENT 1956: 125 |
Distribution | C Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Cameroon Type locality: Camaroon [sic] Mountains |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Type: BMNH 1946.1.14.32 (and possibly additional specimens). Holotype: RMCA R.18986, collected 29 Mar.–2 April 1951 [angusticinctus] |
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Comment | Type species: Lycophidium elapoides GÜNTHER 1874 is the type species of the genus Dendrolycus LAURENT 1956. |
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