Telescopus pulcher (SCORTECCI, 1935)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Beautiful Cat Snake |
Synonym | Migiurtinophis pulcher SCORTECCI 1935: 2 Migiurtinophis pulcher — SCORTECCI 1939: 279 Tarbophis pulcher — PARKER 1949: 89 Telescopus pulcher — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 537 Telescopus pulcher — WALLACH et al. 2014: 712 Telescopus pulcher — ŠMÍD et al. 2019 |
Distribution | Somalia, Ethiopia Type locality: "Migiurtinia (località imprecisata)." |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MSNG, a 410 mm male (N.M. Bronzi, 28 June 1930). |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4156 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Venomous, but usually not dangerous to humans. Abundance: This species is only known from the two type specimens, and 2 more specimen reported by Mazuch et al. 2018. Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). Distribution: see map in Šmíd et al. 2019: 39 (Fig. 1). |
Etymology | Named after Latin “pulcher” = beautiful, handsome, fine, fair. |
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