Boaedon bedriagae BOULENGER, 1906

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Higher Taxa	Lamprophiidae (Boaedontini), Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Boodon bedriagae BOULENGER 1906: 211 Lamprophis lineatus bedriagae — DREWES 2002 Boaedon bedriagae — CERIACO et al. 2021 Boaedon bedriagae — CERÍACO et al. 2023
Distribution	São Tomé Island Type locality: Vista Alegre [0.318941°, 6.676295°, 336 m], Mé-Zochi district, São Tomé Island
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Lectotype: MSNG/CE 30987b, an adult, collected by Leonardo Fea on 1900.
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Comment	Similar species: Boaedon lineatus (from which this species was resurrected by Ceriaco et al. 2021). Synonymy: for a more detailed synonymy see Ceriaco et al. 2021.
Etymology	Named after Jacques von Bedriaga (1854-1906), Russian-born herpetologist.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (3) 2: 196-216 - get paper here Ceríaco, L. M. P., Marques, M. P., de Sousa, A. C. A., Veríssimo, J., Beja, P., & Ferreira, S. 2023. Illustrated keys and a DNA barcode reference library of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles (Amphibia, Reptilia) of São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea, West Africa). ZooKeys 1168: 41-75 - get paper here Ceríaco, Luis MP; Ana Lisette Arellano , Robert C Jadin , Mariana P Marques , Diogo Parrinha & Jakob Hallermann 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Jita snakes (Lamprophiidae: Boaedon) from São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology, - get paper here Sousa, A. C. A. de; Santos, B. S., Parrinha, D., Barbosa, M. R., Marques, M. P., Passos, P., & Ceríaco, L. M. 2026. Mobilizing bibliographic, natural history collections and citizen science data for addressing biodiversity biases: A case study with the herpetofauna of an endemic rich island nation. Natural History Collections and Museomics, 3, e184711 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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