Lamprophis abyssinicus MOCQUARD, 1906

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Higher Taxa	Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ethiopian (or Abyssinian) House Snake
Synonym	Lamprophis abyssinicus MOCQUARD 1906: 249 Lamprophis abyssinicus — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 466 Lamprophis abyssinicus — KELLY et al. 2011 Boaedon abyssinicus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 94
Distribution	Ethiopia Type locality: “Akai, en Abyssinie”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1905.0188, a 483 mm female (M. de Rothchild)
Diagnosis
Comment	See comment in Largen & Rasmussen (1993). May belong to the genus Boaedon as redefined by KELLY et al. 2011.
References	Kelly, Christopher M.R.; William R. Branch, Donald G. Broadley, Nigel P. Barker, Martin H. Villet 2011. Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 58(3): 415-426 - get paper here Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp. Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here Mocquard 1906. Description de quelques reptiles et d’un batracien d’espèces nouvelles. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris 12: 247-253 - 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.
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