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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eastern crowned smooth snake 
SynonymMeizodon regularis FISCHER 1856: 112
Enicognathus elegans JAN 1863
Coronella (Mizodon) regularis — JAN 1866
Coronella (Mizodon [sic]) regularis FISCHER 1883: 15
Coronella coronata — SCHMIDT 1923: 87 (fide SCHÄTTI 1985)
Meizodon regularis — SCHÄTTI 1985: 154
Meizodon regularis — BROADLEY 1998
Meizodon regularus [sic] — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Meizodon regularis — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Meizodon regularis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 435
Meizodon regularis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 481 
DistributionW Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon, C/N Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Central African Republic, Benin, Nigeria, Guinea (Conakry), Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Chad

Type locality: Peki [Ghana, near frontier to Togo], leg. Missionar WOLF 1851.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMH R02638 (formerly no. 77), male.
Syntype: ZMH R06837 [Enicognathus elegans] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2408 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Meizodon regularis FISCHER 1856 is the type species of the genus Meizodon FISCHER 1856. 
EtymologyThe genus name is from Greek “meizon” = bigger and Greek “odous” = tooth, because their maxillar teeth get bigger from front to back. Meizodon is masculine in gender (Schätti 1985). 
References
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