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Psammophis jallae PERACCA, 1896

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Higher TaxaPsammophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jalla's Sand Snake 
SynonymPsammophis jallae PERACCA 1896: 2
Psammophis rohani ANGEL 1922
Psammophis longirostris FITZSIMONS 1932: 38
Psammophis jallae — LOVERIDGE 1940: 62
Psammophis jallae — AUERBACH 1987: 167
Psammophis jallae — BROADLEY 1998
Psammophis jallae — BROADLEY et al. 2003: 163
Psammophis jallae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 576
Psammophis jallae — BRANCH et al. 2019 
DistributionNE Namibia, Botswana, NE Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe,
SE Angola, W Zambia, S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: MRSN (= MSNTO) R1633, R1871 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: see map in BROADLEY 2002: 88 (Fig. 2).

Synonymy: Van Wallach (pers. comm.). 
EtymologyNamed after Rev. Luigi Jalla, Italian missionary in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) who also collected reptiles and amphibians. 
References
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  • BRANCH, WILLIAM R.; NINDA BAPTISTA, CHAD KEATES, SHELLEY EDWARDS 2019. Rediscovery, taxonomic status, and phylogenetic relationships of two rare and endemic snakes (Serpentes: Psammophiinae) from the southwestern Angolan plateau. Zootaxa 4590 (3): 342–366 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D. & Blaylock 2013. The Snakes of Zimbabwe and Botswana. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 387 pp. [book review in Sauria 35 (2): 59 and Copeia 2014: 388] - get paper here
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