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Homoroselaps lacteus (LINNAEUS, 1758)

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Higher TaxaAtractaspididae (Atractaspidinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spotted Harlequin Snake 
SynonymColuber lacteus LINNAEUS 1758: 220
Elaps lacteus SCHNEIDER 1801
Coluber hygeiae SHAW 1802: 487
Coluber iphisa — DAUDIN 1803: 416
Elaps punctatus SMITH 1826: 254
Elaps hygeae — SMITH 1849: 21 (appendix)
? Elaps hygiae — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1213
Elaps (Homoroselaps) hygiae — JAN 1858: 518
Poecilophis hygiae — GÜNTHER 1859: 88
Elaps hygiae — MÜLLER 1880
? Elaps higiae —BOULENGER 1887: 180
Elaps hygiae ehrysopeleoides MÜLLER 1887
Homoroselaps lacteus — BOULENGER 1896: 409
Micropechis crucifer DE VIS 1905: 52 (fide INGRAM et al. 1981)
Elaps lacteus — LOVERIDGE 1936: 42
Homoroselaps lacteus — WELCH 1994: 65
Homoroselaps lacteus — MATTISON 1995: 102
Homoroselaps lacteus — MATTISON 2007: 104
Homoroselaps lacteus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 336 
DistributionN Republic of South Africa

Type locality: “Indiis” (in error)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: NRM (= NHRM) (Stockholm) (Andersson 1899: 15) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (907 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThis genus is a sister taxon to Atractaspis and has therefore been assigned to the Atractaspididae by NAGY et al. 2005. Previously the genus Homoroselaps has been assigned to the Elapidae.

Type species: Coluber lacteus LINNAEUS 1758: 220 is the type species of the genus Homoroselaps JAN 1858.

Synonymy: partly after Boulenger 1896: 409 
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. 1887. Synopsis of the snakes of South Africa. The Zoologist, London, (3) 11: 171-182
  • Branch, W. R. 1991. Venoms and Snakebite: Homoroselaps lacteus: Envenomation. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (39): 28-28 - get paper here
  • Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
  • Conradie, Werner; Brain Reeves, Sandile Mdoko, Lwandiso Pamla, Oyama Gxabhu 2020. Herpetological survey of the Ongeluksnek (Malekgalonyane) Nature Reserve on the foothills of the Drakensberg, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Herpetology Notes 13: 717-730 - get paper here
  • de Vis, Charles Walter de 1905. A new genus of lizard. On Typhlops torresianus. Ann. Queensland Museum (Brisbane) 6: 48 - get paper here
  • Dobiey, M. & Vogel, G. 2007. Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 pp. - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & DUMÉRIL, A. H. A., 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: i-xii + 781-1536 - get paper here
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  • McDowell, S.B. 1968. Affinities of the snakes usually called Elaps lacteus and E. dorsalis. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 47: 561-578 - get paper here
  • Müller, F. 1880. Erster Nachtrag zum Katalog der herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums. Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 7: 120-165 - get paper here
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  • Nagy, Zoltán Tamás; Nicolas Vidal, Miguel Vences, William R. Branch, Olivier S.G. Pauwels , Michael Wink and Ulrich Joger 2005. MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF AFRICAN COLUBROIDEA (SQUAMATA: SERPENTES). African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems. Proc. 5th Intern. Symp. Trop. Biol., pp. 221-228 - get paper here
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