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Scaphiophis albopunctatus PETERS, 1870

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: African Shovel-nosed Snake 
SynonymScaphiophis albopunctatus PETERS 1870: 644
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — FISCHER 1885: 100
Scaphiophis albopunctatus var. nigropunctatus MOCQUARD 1887: 77
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — GÜNTHER 1888: 333
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — GÜNTHER 1895: 526
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — SCHMIDT 1923: 90
Scaphiopus albopunctatus — ESSEX 1928: 268 (in error)
Scaphiophis albopunctatus albopunctatus — LOVERIDGE 1955
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — BROADLEY 1994
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — BROADLEY 1998
Scaphiophis albopunctatus albopunctatus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 30
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 663
Scaphiophis albopunctatus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 534 
DistributionUganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, S Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire; except in the east), Congo (Brazzaville), Angola, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea (Conakry), Ethiopia

Type locality: “Keta [Kita] (Guinea)” [Ghana]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 6945 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (933 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: after BROADLEY 1994 (not all authors listed in Broadley are listed here).

Type species: Scaphiophis albopunctatus PETERS 1870: 644 is the type species of the genus Scaphiophis PETERS 1870.

Distribution: not in Liberia or Sierra Leone fide TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014: 320. 
EtymologyApparently named after the white spots on body of the species, after Latin albus (=white) and punctum (= point, but also stitch) and -atus (= bearing). 
References
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