Meizodon krameri SCHÄTTI, 1985

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Tana Delta smooth snake
Synonym	Meizodon krameri SCHÄTTI 1985 Meizodon krameri — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 341 Meizodon krameri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 435 Meizodon krameri — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 480
Distribution	Kenya Type locality: Kau, Tana River, Kenya, -2.488889° 40.451944° (WGS84)
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ R-40323
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Differs from Meizodon regularis in fewer ventrals (166- 176, instead of 175-203) and light colouration of the venter, from M. coronatus and M. regularis in 26 or more maxillary teeth (instead of 19-23).
Comment	Known from only 2 specimens collected in 1934 (Spawls et al. 2018).
Etymology	Named after Dr. Eugen Kramer (1921-2004), Swiss mathematician and herpetologist at Naturhistorisches Museum Basel.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Blackburn, D.G. 1993. STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Herpetologica 49 (1): 118-132 - get paper here Schätti B 1985. Systematics of east African species of Meizodon Fischer, 1856 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Monitore Zoologico Italiano suppl. 20: 149-175 - get paper here Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/388696633354941/ Google images

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