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Mehelya laurenti DE WITTE, 1959

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Higher TaxaLamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMehelya laurenti DE WITTE 1959: 348
Mehelya laurenti — BROADLEY 1998
Gonionotophis laurenti — KELLY et al. 2011
Mehelya laurenti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 425
Mehelya laurenti — BROADLEY et al. 2018
Gonionotophis laurenti — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019: 215 
DistributionW?, C Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Type locality: "d'Ikela (Territ. d'Ikela), Congo belge." [Extreme southeastern Equateur Region, 01˚08'S,23˚05'E].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RMCA (= MRAC) 21033, a 465 mm male (R.P. Lootens 1957). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1119 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after R. F. Laurent (1917-2005), Belgian herpetologist. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
  • 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 1959. Contribution à la faune herpétologique du Congo Belge. Description de trois serpents nouveaux. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 60 (3-4): 348-351.
 
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