Psammophis trivirgatus PETERS, 1878

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Higher Taxa	Psammophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Speckled Sand Racer, Sand snake
Synonym	Psammophis punctulatus var. trivirgatus PETERS 1878: 206 Psammophis punctulatus trivirgatus — LOVERIDGE 1940: 21 Psammophis punctulatus trivirgatus — PITMAN 1974 Psammophis trivirgatus — LANZA 1988 Psammophis punctulatus trivirgatus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 27 Psammophis trivirgatus — ŠMÍD et al. 2023
Distribution	Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, S South Sudan, Tanzania Type locality: Teita, Kenya.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: unlocated
Diagnosis
Comment	See also P. punctulatus.
References	Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Peters,W.C.H. 1878. Über die von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt während seiner letzten ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Mber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1878: 194-209 - get paper here Pitman,C.R.S. 1974. A guide to the snakes of Uganda. Codicote, Wheldon & Wesley, L., 290 pp. Šmíd J, Fernández SM, Elmi HSA, Mazuch T 2023. Diversity of Sand Snakes (Psammophiidae, Psammophis) in the Horn of Africa, with the description of a new species from Somalia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(2): 345-361 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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