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Species of snake

Crotaphopeltis tornieri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Crotaphopeltis
Species: C. tornieri
Binomial name
Crotaphopeltis tornieri
(F. Werner, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Leptodira tornieri
    F. Werner, 1908
  • Leptodeira tornieri
    — Barbour & Amaral, 1927
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri
    — Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Crotaphopeltis tornieri
    — Broadley, 1968
  • Crotaphopeltis tornieri
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Crotaphopeltis tornieri, also known commonly as Tornier's cat snake and Werner's cat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, tornieri, is in honor of German zoologist Gustav Tornier.

Geographic range

C. tornieri is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. tornieri is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,900 m (660–6,230 ft).

Reproduction

C. tornieri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2015). "Crotaphopeltis tornieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13265019A13265027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T13265019A13265027.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Crotaphopeltis tornieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Crotaphopeltis tornieri, p. 266).

Further reading

  • Rasmussen JB (1993). "The current taxonomic status of Tornier's cat-snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri)". Amphibia-Reptilia 14: 395–409.
  • Finke, Florian & Daniel Liepack (2021). A first record of the Tornier's Cat Snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri ) from Kenya. Erstnachweis der Torniers Katzennatter (Crotaphopeltis tornieri ) in Kenia. Sauria 43 (2): 67-70

https://sauria.de/freepdf/Sauria2021_2_67-70.pdf

  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Crotaphopeltis tornieri, p. 526).
  • Werner F (1908). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftliche Klasse 116: 1823–1926. (Leptodira tornieri, new species, p. 1876). (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Crotaphopeltis tornieri


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