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Pseudoboodon boehmei RASMUSSEN & LARGEN, 1992

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Higher TaxaLamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Böhme’s Ethiopian Snake 
SynonymPseudoboodon boehmei RASMUSSEN & LARGEN 1992: 76
Pseudoboodon boehmei — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 474
Pseudoboodon boehmei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 599 
DistributionSW Ethiopia

Type locality: “Godare Forest, Illubabor Province, Ethiopia (07°26’N 35°00’ E, elevation 820 m).”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1976.1668; Paratypes: ZFMK and BMNH 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Body slender; dorsum without a well defined colour pattern; no median stripe below tail; lobes of hemipenes 7-8 subcaudals long; relative heart position 27.5-28.6 % VS in males and 26.7-28.6 % VS in females. (Rasmussen & Largen 1992) 
Comment21 [p+8 (115)/p+8 (113)] 19 [2+3 (116)/2+3 (115)] 17

10(6) - 8(7-13) - 6(21-28) - 4(31-45) - 2(50-63) males (N=3)
10(3) - 8(4-6) - 6(9-14) - 4(22-29) - 2(41-42) females (N=2) 
EtymologyNamed after Wolfgang Böhme, German herpetologist. 
References
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here
  • Kirschey, Tom 2016. Assessment of herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) in the Kafa Biosphere Reserve. NABU, 25 pp. - 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
  • Necas, P. et al. 1993. Über die Biologie zweier seltener Schlangenarten aus Äthiopien: Bitis parviocula Böhme, 1977 und Pseudoboodon boehmei Rasmussen & Largen, 1992. Herpetofauna 15 (85): 06-13 - get paper here
  • Necas, Petr 1997. Five endemic montane snakes from Ethiopia. REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN MAGAZINE 49: 58-65
  • Rasmussen, J.B. & LARGEN,M.J. 1992. A review of Pseudoboodon PERACCA with the description of a new species from Southwest Ethiopia (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Lycodontinae, Boadontini). Steenstrupia 18 (3): 65-80
  • Spawls, Stephen. 2004. A New Species of Pseudoboodon (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the Central Highlands of Ethiopia; with notes on some other members of the genus. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 13-19 - 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.
 
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