Pseudoboodon abyssinicus MOCQUARD, 1906

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Higher Taxa	Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ethiopian (or Abyssinian) House Snake
Synonym	Lamprophis abyssinicus MOCQUARD 1906: 249 Pseudoboodon abyssinicus — BOULENGER 1915 Pseudoboodon abyssinicus — WERNER 1929 Pseudoboodon abyssinicus — PARKER 1949 Lamprophis abyssinicus — LARGEN & RASMUSSEN 1993 Lamprophis abyssinicus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 466 Lamprophis abyssinicus — KELLY et al. 2011 Boaedon abyssinicus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 94 Pseudoboodon abyssinicus — TIUTENKO et al. 2022 Lamprophis abyssinicus — SPAWLS et al. 2023
Distribution	Ethiopia Type locality: “Akai, en Abyssinie”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1905.0188, a 483 mm female (M. de Rothchild)
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1371 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	See comment in Largen & Rasmussen (1993). May belong to the genus Boaedon as redefined by KELLY et al. 2011.
Etymology	Named after the type locality. In English, and generally outside of Ethiopia, the country was historically known as Abyssinia.
References	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 Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp. Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here Mocquard 1906. Description de quelques reptiles et d’un batracien d’espèces nouvelles. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris 12: 247-253 - 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 Tiutenko, A., Koch, C., Pabijan, M., & Zinenko, O. 2022. Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae). SALAMANDRA, 58(4), 235-262 - 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/529418799282723/ Google images

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