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Duberria variegata (PETERS, 1854)

IUCN Red List - Duberria variegata - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae(Amplorhininae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Variegated or Spotted Slug Eater 
SynonymHomalosoma variegatum PETERS 1854: 622
Homalosoma variegatum — BOULENGER 1888: 140
Homalosoma variegatum — BOULENGER 1884: 276
Duberria variegata — BROADLEY 1990: 486
Duberia [sic] variegata — BAUER et al. 1995: 72
Duberria variegata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 250 
DistributionE Republic of South Africa, S Mozambique

Type locality: “Inhambane” [Mozambique]  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 4802 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (868 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyApparently named after its variegated color pattern, i.e. the variable, irregular patches or bands (even though many specimens have a rather regular pattern). 
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.
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1888. On new or little known South African reptiles. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 2: 136-141 - 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 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (35): 469-493
  • Peters,W.C.H. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl.-Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 614-628
  • 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.
 
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