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Brachyophis revoili MOCQUARD, 1888

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Higher TaxaMicrelapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Revoil's Short Snake 
SynonymBrachyophis revoili MOCQUARD 1888: 125
Brachyophis revoili — LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1913
Brachyophis revoili revoili — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1947: 95
Brachyophis revoili — SCORTECCI 1932
Brachyophis revoili — LANZA 1966: 30, 37
Brachyophis revoili — CORKILL & COCHRANE 1966
Brachyophis revoili revoili — LANZA 1983
Brachyophis revoil revoil — GASPERETTI 1988: 212
Brachyophis revoili — WELCH 1994: 37
Brachyophis revoili — WALLACH et al. 2014: 122 
DistributionSomalia

Type locality: “Çomalis”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 1884.0691-0693; possibly BMNH 1946.1.3.86? 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (924 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

There are no publications about this genus/species in the Zoological Record between 1978 and 1999.

Type species: Brachyophis revoili MOCQUARD 1888: 125 is the type species of the genus Brachyophis MOCQUARD 1888.

Phylogenetics: see Portillo et al. 2018 for a phylogenetic analysis of members of Aparallactinae, inlcuding members of Brachyophis.

Subspecies: The former subspecies Brachyophis revoili cornii SCORTECCI 1932 and Brachyophis revoili krameri LANZA 1966 are now considered as valid species.

Distribution: not in East Africa (S. Spawls, pers. comm., 28 June 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the type, Georges Révoil.

The genus was named after Greek brachys (βραχύς), short + Greek ophis (ὄφις), snake. [“…Le corps est remarquablement court…”]. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Corkill, N. L. and Cochrane, J. A. 1966. The snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 62 (3): 475-506 (1965) - get paper here
  • Gans, C.; LAURENT, R.F. & PANDIT, H. 1965. Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr., Sér. 8vo, Tervuren, (80) Zool., (134): 1-93
  • Gasperetti,J. 1988. Snakes of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 9: 169-450
  • Lanza B. 1966. Il genere Brachyophis e descrizione di una nuova forma (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Monitore Zool. Ital., 74 (1-3): 30-48.
  • Lanza, B. 1983. A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles. MONITORE ZOOLOGICO ITALIANO, new Ser., SUPPL. 18 (8): 193-247 - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here
  • Lönnberg, E. and Andersson, L.G. 1913. On a collection of reptiles from Kismayu. Arkiv för Zoologi 8: 1-6 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1930. Die Amphibien und Reptilien der Inseln Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa und Flores. Senck. Naturf. Gesell., Frankfurt am Main, Abhandl. 42(3): 117-344.
  • Mocquard, F. 1888. Sur une collection de reptiles et de batraciens rapportés des pays comalis et de Zanzibar par M. G. Révoil. Mémoires Publies par la Société Philomathique a l’occasion du Centenaire de sa fondation 1788—1888, Paris, pp. 109—134.
  • Portillo, F., Branch, W.R., Conradie, W., Rödel, M-O., Penner, J., Barej, M.F., Kusamba, C., Muninga, W.M., Aristote, M.M., Bauer, A.M., Trape, J-F., Nagy, Z.T., Carlino, P., Pauwels, O.S.G., Menegon, M., Burger, M., Mazuch, T., Jackson, K., Hughes, 2018. Phylogeny and biogeography of the African burrowing snake subfamily Aparallactinae (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
  • Scortecci, G. 1932. Rettili dello Yemen. Atti soc. Ital. Sci.Nat. 71: 39-49 - get paper here
  • Scortecci, G. 1932. Nuove specie di anfibi e rettili della Somalia Italiana (Descrizione preliminare). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 71: 264–269 [1931] - 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.
  • Witte, G. F. de & LAURENT,R.F. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines. Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique (sér. 2) 29: 1-134 - get paper here
 
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