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Amplorhinus multimaculatus SMITH, 1847

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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae(Amplorhininae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Many-spotted Snake, Cape Reed Snake 
SynonymAmplorhinus multimaculatus SMITH 1847
Dipsas smithii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1162
Coronella multimaculatus — GÜNTHER 1858: 38
Psammophylax multimaculatus — JAN 1863: 310
Amplorhinus multimaculatus — BOULENGER 1896: 125
Amplorhinus multimaculatus — BROADLEY 1959
Amplorhinus multimaculatus — BRANCH & BAUER 2005
Amplorhinus multimaculatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 35 
DistributionS/E Republic of South Africa, E Zimbabwe, Mozambique

Type locality: “Southern Africa” [= Cape of Good Hope fide Boulenger, 1896: 125, and Cape Colony, South Africa fide V.F.M. FitzSimons, 1962: 193].  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 1946.1.2.71-75 (and possibly additional specimens).
Syntypes: USNM 61227, 6217 [Dipsas smithi] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Maxillary teeth 12 or 13, gradually increasing in size, followed by an enlarged, grooved tooth ; mandibular teeth subequal. Head distinct from neck eye moderate, with round pupil ; nasal semidivided. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth or feebly keeled, with apical pits, in 17 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail moderate; subcaudals in two rows.” (Boulenger 1896: 125) 
CommentSynonymy after BOULENGER 1896.

Type species: Amplorhinus multimaculatus SMITH 1847 is the type species of the genus Amplorhinus SMITH 1847.

Type genus: Amplorhinus SMITH 1847 is the type genus of the subfamily Amplorhininae MEIRTE 1992 which includes the genera Amplorhinus, Dityophis, and Duberria (see KELLY et al. 2009). 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here
  • Branch, W. R. 1984. Birth of Cape Many - Spotted Snakes, Amplorhinus multimaculatus. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (30): 12-12 - get paper here
  • Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
  • Branch, William R. & Bauer, Aaron M. 2005. The herpetological contributions of Sir Andrew Smith. SSAR, 80 pp.
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