Lamprophis fuscus BOULENGER, 1893

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Higher Taxa	Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Yellow-bellied House Snake G: Gelbbauch-Hausschlange
Synonym	Lamprophis fuscus BOULENGER 1893: 322 Lamprophis fuscus — BOULENGER 1893: 322 Lamprophis longicauda WERNER 1909: 216 (?, HALLERMANN, pers. comm.) Lamprophis fuscus — BRANCH 1987 Lamprophis fuscus — BRANCH 1993 Lamprophis fuscus — KELLY et al. 2011 Lamprophis fuscus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 353
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Cape Province, Natal, Transvaal), Swaziland, Lesotho, S Mozambique Type locality: Cape of Good Hope.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.12.43
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (679 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	The type of Lamprophis longicauda WERNER has been lost, hence it is impossible to determine its identity with certainty.
Etymology	Named after Latin “fuscus”, meaning dark or dusky.
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. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here Boycott, R.C. 1996. Life History Notes - Lamprophis fuscus. African Herp News (25): 40-41 - get paper here Branch W R 1984. The house snakes of southern Africa (genus Lamprophis). Litteratura Serpentium 4 (3-4): 106-120 Branch, W R 1987. New herpetological distribution records in the western Cape Province. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa 33: 29-31 - get paper here Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. Fitzsimons, V. 1966. A check-list, with syntopic keys, to the snakes of southern Africa. Annals Transvaal Museum 25 (3): 35-79 - get paper here Fraser M. 2023. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. Biodiversity Observations 13: 162–185. 14 March 2023 - get paper here Haagner, G. V. 1991. Life History Note: Lamprophis fuscus: Size. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (39): 24-25 - get paper here Haagner, G. V. 1991. Geographical Distribution - Lamprophis fuscus. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (39): 20-20 - get paper here Hermann R 1991. Seltene Hausschlangen Sudafrikas. Teil I Lamprophis fuscus Boulenger 1893 und Lamprophis guttatus (Smith 1843). Sauria 13 (2): 25-30 - get paper here Kelly, Christopher M.R.; William R. Branch, Donald G. Broadley, Nigel P. Barker, Martin H. Villet 2011. Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 58(3): 415-426 - get paper here Lambiris, A.J.L. 1987. Geographical Distribution - Lamprophis fuscus. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (33): 29-29 - 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. Werner,F. 1909. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Jahrb. Hamb. wiss. Anst. suppl. 2 (Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamb. 1908) 26: 205-247 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/serpentes/colubridae… Google images

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