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Platyceps smithii (BOULENGER, 1895)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Smith's Racer 
SynonymZamenis smithii BOULENGER 1895: 536
Zamenis smithii [sic] — BOULENGER 1896a: 216
Zamenis florulentus GEOFFROY 1827 — STERNFELD 1908: 240
Zamenis florulentus — LÖNNBERG & ANDERSON 1911: 21
Zamenis smithii [sic] — BOULENGER 1912: 331
Coluber smithi — PARKER 1932: 219
Coronella semiornata fuscorosea LOVERIDGE 1935: 8
Coluber smithi — PARKER 1936: 606
Coluber smithi — SCORTECCI 1940: 130
Coluber smithi — SCORTECCI 1943: 284
Coluber florulentus smithi — LOVERIDGE 1945: 2
Coluber florulentus [partim] — PARKER 1949: [29] 37
Coluber smithi [partim] — PARKER 1949: [6, 29] 37
Coluber smithi — BATTERSBY 1954: 246
Coluber smithi [partim] — LANZA 1963: 393
Coluber taylori — LANZA 1963: 393
Coluber florulentis [sic] smithi — SPAWLS 1978: 4
Haemorrhois [sic] florulentus smithi — WELCH 1982: 154
Coluber smithi — SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986
Coluber taylori —SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986
Coluber brevis smithi — LANZA 1988
Coluber [auct.] smithi [partim] — SCHÄTTI 1988: 102
Coluber smithi — BROADLEY & SCHÄTTI 1997
Platyceps brevis smithi — SCHÄTTI & CHARVET 2003: 100
Platyceps smithi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 567
Platyceps smithi — SPAWLS et al. 2023 
DistributionS Kenya, Tanzania, S Somalia, S Ethiopia (fide LANZA 1988)

Type locality: upper Shebele River.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MSNG 28848, collected by V. Bottego between 16 October and 12 December 1892
Holotype: MCZ 40555 [fuscorosea] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 4258 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy after SCHÄTTI & CHARVET 2003.

smithi: Largen (1997) mentioned Coluber taylori PARKER 1949 and Zamenis smithii - Boulenger 1896. C. smithi has sometimes been considered a subspecies of C. florulentus and C. brevis. This is the only (sub) species of Coluber south of the equator (fide BROADLEY & SCHÄTTI 1997). Not listed for Tanzania by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991. 
EtymologyApparently named after Dr. Arthur Donaldson Smith. 
References
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1896. A list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. Ragazzi in Shoa and Eritrea. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova, Giacomo Doria, (2) 16: 545-554 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1895. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in western Somaliland and the Galla Country. Proc. zool. Soc. London 1895: 530-540 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896. A list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the late Prince Eugenio Ruspoli in Somaliland and Gallaland in 1893. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova, Giacomo Doria, (2) 17: 5-14 [11] - get paper here
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1895. Rettili e Batraci. in, Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi Affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli Anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii della Società Geografica Italiana. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria (2) 15: 9-18 - get paper here
  • Broadley,D.G. & Schätti,B. 2000. A new species of Coluber from northern Namibia (Reptilia: Serpentes). Madoqua 19 (2): 171-174 [1997] - get paper here
  • Cunningham, Peter L. and Andrew Cunningham 2005. First record of Coluber smithi (Boulenger, 1895) from Tanzania. Herpetozoa 18 (1-2):91-92. - get paper here
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • Kirchhof S, Wasonga V, Mazuch T, Spawls S, Malonza KP. 2023. An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1/2) [General Section]: 1–18 (e324) - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1963. Il genere Coluber in Somalia e descrizione di una nuova specie. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. Nat. Milano 102: 379-396 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
  • Largen,M.J. 1997. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Eritrea, with keys for their identification. Tropical Zoology 10: 63-115 - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
  • Parker,H.W. 1932. Scientific results of the Cambridge expedition to the east African lakes, 1930-31. 5. Reptiles and amphibians. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 38: 213-229 - get paper here
  • Parker,H.W. 1949. The snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra islands. Zoologische Verhandelingen 6: 1-115 - get paper here
  • Schätti B; Wilson L D 1986. Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 399: 1-4 - get paper here
  • Schätti, B. 1988. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Coluber florulentus Geoffroy, 1827 (Reptilia, Serpentes). Tropical Zoology 1 (1): 95-116 - get paper here
  • Schätti, B.; Charvet, C. 2003. Systematics of Platyceps brevis (Boulenger 1895) and related East African racers (Serpentes Colubrinae). Tropical Zoology 16 (1): 93-111 - get paper here
  • Scortecci, G. 1930. Nuove Specie di Rettili ed Anfibi del Mozambico e della Somalia Italiana. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat 69 (3-4): 319-321 - get paper here
  • Spawls, S. 1978. A checklist of the snakes of Kenya. East Afr. Natur. Hist. Soc. and Natl. Mus., Nairobi, J. no. 167 18 pp.
  • 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, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
 
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