Eastern vine snake
| Eastern vine snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Thelotornis |
| Species: | T. mossambicanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage, 1895)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
The eastern vine snake (Thelotornis mossambicanus), also known commonly as the eastern twig snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Eastern Africa.
Geographic range
T. mossambicanus is found in southeastern Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, southern Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, and eastern Zimbabwe.[2]
References
- ^ Wagner, P.; Branch, W.R.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Thelotornis mossambicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13265676A13265686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265676A13265686.en. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ a b Species Thelotornis mossambicanus at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Bocage JVB du (1895). Herpétologie d'Angola et du Congo, Ouvrage Publié sous les Auspices du Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Lisbon: Imprimerie Nationale. xx + 203 pp. + Plates I-XIX. (Dryiophis kirtlandii var. mossambicana, new variation, pp. 119–120). (in French).