Platyceps messanai (SCHÄTTI & LANZA, 1989)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Schätti's Racer
Synonym	Coluber messanai SCHÄTTI & LANZA 1989 Platyceps messanai — SCHÄTTI & CHARVET 2003 Platyceps messanai — WALLACH et al. 2014: 565
Distribution	N Somalia (Central Nogal Valley) Type locality: Wadi Run, Nogal Valley, Somalia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUF 5468
Diagnosis
Comment	Known only from its holotype (SCHÄTTI & CHARVET 2003).
Etymology	Named after Dr. Giuseppe Messana (b. 1944), a biologist at the Institute for the Study of Ecosystems, Florence.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Schätti B; Lanza B 1989. Coluber messanai, a new species of snake from northern Somalia (Reptilia, Serpentes). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 7 (2): 413-421 Schätti, B.; Charvet, C. 2003. Systematics of Platyceps brevis (Boulenger 1895) and related East African racers (Serpentes Colubrinae). Tropical Zoology 16 (1): 93-111 - get paper here Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch& Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 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 Google images

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