Telescopus beetzi (BARBOUR, 1922)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Beetz’ Tiger Snake, Namib Tiger Snake, Karoo Tiger Snake
Synonym	Tarbophis beetzi BARBOUR 1922 Telescopus beetzi — BRANCH 1987 Telescopus beetzi — MATTISON 1995: 229 Telescopus beetzi — MATTISON 2007: 112 Telescopus beetzii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 710 Telescopus beetzi — ŠMÍD et al. 2019 Telescopus beetzii — SCHLEICHER 2020
Distribution	S Namibia, NW Republic of South Africa (NE Cape) Type locality: “Kolmanskop, Southwest Protectorate, Africa”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 16728
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Similar to T. semiannulatus, but differing in having 21 rows of scales instead of invariably having 19; in coloration, in having the anal entire and in several other minor features [from BARBOUR 1922]. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 315 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous, but usually not dangerous to humans. Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). Distribution: see map in Šmíd et al. 2019: 39 (Fig. 1).
Etymology	Named after the collector, Dr. Werner Beetz.
References	Baard, E.H.W. 1987. Geographical Distribution - Telescopus beetzi. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (33): 29-29 - get paper here Barbour, Thomas 1922. A new snake from Southwest Africa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 229-230 - get paper here Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 8: 111-160 [2001] Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Branch, W R 1987. New herpetological distribution records in the western Cape Province. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa 33: 29-31 - get paper here Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. Broadley, D.G. 1994. A collection of snakes from eastern Sudan, with the description of a new species of Telescopus Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Ophidia). Journal of African Zoology 108 (2): 201-208. HAACKE, WULF D. 2013. Description of a new Tiger Snake (Colubridae, Telescopus) from south-western Africa. Zootaxa 3737 (3): 280–288 - get paper here Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here Mattison, Chris 1995. The Encyclopedia of Snakes. New York: Facts on File, 256 pp. Mattison, Chris 2007. The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific Society, 276 pp. Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp. Šmíd, J., Göçmen, B., Crochet, P.-A., Trape, J.-F., Mazuch, T., Uvizl, M., & Nagy, Z. T. 2019. Ancient diversification, biogeography, and the role of climatic niche evolution in the Old World cat snakes (Colubridae, Telescopus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information http://mzone.mweb.co.za/residents/net12980/snaps.html http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/serpentes/colubridae… Google images

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