Dendrolycus elapoides (GÜNTHER, 1874)

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Higher Taxa	Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies	Dendrolycus elapoides angusticinctus (LAURENT 1952) Dendrolycus elapoides elapoides (GÜNTHER 1874)
Common Names	E: Cameroon Rainforest Snake
Synonym	Lycophidium elapoides GÜNTHER 1874: 444 Lycophidium elapoides — BOULENGER 1893: 343 Lycophidion elapoides — SCHMIDT 1923: 69 Dendrolycus elapoides — LAURENT 1956: 124 Dendrolycus elapoides elapoides — PERRET 1961 Dendrolycus elapoides — LEBRETON 1999 Dendrolycus elapoides — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007: 408 Dendrolycus elapoides — WALLACH et al. 2014: 224 Dendrolycus elapoides angusticinctus (LAURENT 1952) Lycophidion elapoides angusticinctum LAURENT 1952: 270 Dendrolycus elapoides angusticinctus — LAURENT 1956: 125
Distribution	C Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Cameroon Type locality: Camaroon [sic] Mountains
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.1.14.32 (and possibly additional specimens). Holotype: RMCA R.18986, collected 29 Mar.–2 April 1951 [angusticinctus]
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Comment	Type species: Lycophidium elapoides GÜNTHER 1874 is the type species of the genus Dendrolycus LAURENT 1956.
Etymology	The genus was named after Greek dendron (δένδρον), tree + Greek lykos (λύκος), wolf. ["…
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here Chifundera, K. 1990. Snakes of Zaire and their bites. Afr. Stud. Monogr. (Kyoto) 10(3): 137-157. Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp. Günther, A. 1874. Description of some new or imperfectly known species of Reptiles from the Cameroon Mountains. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1874: 442-445. - get paper here Hughes, B. 1983. African snake faunas. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34: 311-356 - get paper here Laurent, R.F. 1956. Contribution à l'herpetologie de la région des Grandes Lacs de l'Afrique centrale. Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belge (Sci. Zool.), 48: 1-390 LeBreton, Matthew 1999. A working checklist of the herpetofauna of Cameroon. Netherlands Committee for IUCN, 160 pp. Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques africaines III. 1. La faune ophidienne de la région camerounaise. Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. nat., 84: 133-138 Schmidt, K. P. 1923. Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part II. Snakes, with field notes by Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin. Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 49 (1): 1-146 - get paper here Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp. Trape, J.F. & R. ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995. Les serpents du Congo: liste commentée et clé de détermination. Journal of African Zoology 109 (1): 31-50 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 Google images

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