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Dipsadoboa viridis (PETERS, 1869)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesDipsadoboa viridis gracilis LAURENT 1956
Dipsadoboa viridis viridis (PETERS 1869) 
Common NamesE: Laurent’s green tree-snake 
SynonymAnoplodipsas viridis PETERS 1869: 442
Dipsadoboa assimilis MATSCHIE 1893: 173
Crotaphopeltis elongata BARBOUR 1914
Dipsadoboa elongata — SCHMIDT 1923: 106
Dipsadoboa elongata gracilis LAURENT 1956
Dipsadoboa viridis viridis — RASMUSSEN 1993: 174
Dipsadoboa elongata — TRAPE & ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995: 40
Dipsadoboa viridis — BROADLEY 1998
Dipsadoboa viridis — BÖHME et al. 2011: 59
Dipsadoboa viridis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 232
Dipsadoboa viridis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 530

Dipsadoboa viridis gracilis LAURENT 1956
Dipsadoboa elongata gracilis LAURENT 1956: 211 
DistributionChana through Cameroon through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire; except in the south), Gabon (PAUWELS et al. 2002), Central African Republic, Togo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda

elongata: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Zaire ?; Type locality: “angeblich aus Neu-Caledonien” (in error)

gracilis: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire); Type locality: “Teturi, 750 m [elevation], rive gauche de l’Ituri, Terr. de Mambasa, Ituri”.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 6451
Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC = RGMC) 18533, male [gracilis]
Holotype: MCZ 9260 [elongata] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2635 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Boulenger Rasmussen (1989) synonymized D. viridis with D. duchesnei. Crotaphopeltis elongata BARBOUR 1914 has been synonymized with D. viridis by Rasmussen (1993).

Chifundera mentioned Laurent 1956 as first describer of D. elongata.

Distribution: Dipsadoboa elongata has been erroneously listed for Benin but does not occur there (Hughes 2013). Not in Liberia fide Senter & Chippaux 2022. For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin viridis, green. 
References
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