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Species of snake

Savanna vine snake
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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: Thelotornis
Species: T. capensis
Binomial name
Thelotornis capensis
A. Smith, 1849

The savanna vine snake or southern vine snake (Thelotornis capensis) is a species of venomous snake in the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

Thelotornis capensis is found in southern Africa.

Description

Thelotornis capensis is slender and has a long tail. The longest museum specimen is a male with a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 106 cm (42 in), a tail 62 cm (24 in) long, and a combined total length of 168 cm (66 in).

Reproduction

Thelotornis capensis is oviparous. The eggs are elongated and rather small, each measuring on average 36 mm (1.4 in) long and 16 mm (0.63 in) wide.

Subspecies

Three subspecies of T. capensis are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Thelotornis capensis capensis A. Smith, 1849
  • Thelotornis capensis oatesi (Günther, 1881)
  • Thelotornis capensis schilsi Derleyn, 1978

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Thelotornis.

Etymology

The subspecific name, oatesi, honors British naturalist Frank Oates.

References

  1. Spawls, S. (2021). "Thelotornis capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164904938A120632972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T164904938A120632972.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Branch, William R. (1994). "Thelotornis capensis". Bill Branch's Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers. pp. 100-101 + Plates 18 & 31. ISBN 978-1-86825-575-7.
  3. ^ "Thelotornis capensis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). "Oates, F.". The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. JHU Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

  • Access Professional Development. 2022. Vine Snake (Thelotornis capensis capensis). Available: https://accesspd.co.za/species/vine-snake (Accessed: 02/02/2022)
  • Smith, A (1849). "Thelotornis capensis, new species". Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa ... Reptilia. London: Smith, Elder, and Co.

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Thelotornis capensis
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