Natriciteres pembana (LOVERIDGE, 1935)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Variable Marsh Snake |
Synonym | Natrix olivacea pembana LOVERIDGE 1935: 8 Natriciteres variegata pembana — BROADLEY 1966 Natriciteres variegata pembana — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 29 Natriciteres pembana — SPAWLS et al. 2002 Natriciteres pembana — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2012 Natriciteres pembana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 475 Natriciteres pembana — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 541 |
Distribution | endemic to Pemba island, Tanzania
Type locality: Chake Chake, Pemba island.
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 19112, female |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Habitat: at least partially coastal and thus considered (partially) “marine”. |
References |
- Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
- Broadley, D.G. 1966. A review of the genus Natriciteres Loveridge (Serpentes: Colubridae). Arnoldia 2 (35): 1-11
- Hawlitschek, O.; F. Glaw & D. Rödder 2012. Pemba – Herpetologische Fundgrube im Indischen Ozean. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (97): 97-109 - get paper here
- Loveridge, A. 1935. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. I. New reptiles and amphibians from East Africa. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 79: 1- 19. - get paper here
- Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
- Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 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.
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