Kladirostratus acutus (GÜNTHER, 1888)
Higher Taxa | Lamprophiidae, Psammophiinae, Serpentes (snakes) |
Subspecies | Psammophylax acutus acutus (GÜNTHER 1888) Psammophylax acutus jappi (BROADLEY 1971) Psammophylax acutus togoensis (MATSCHIE 1893) is elevated to a species, Psammophylax togoensis. |
Common Names | Striped Beaked Snake, Beaked skaapstekker |
Synonym | Psammophis acutus GÜNTHER 1888: 327 Rhamphiophis acutus wittei LAURENT 1956 Rhamphiophis acutus — RÖDEL et al. 1999 Rhamphiophis acutus acutus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 27 Rhamphiophis acutus — SPAWLS et al. 2001 Rhamphiophis acutus — BROADLEY & COTTERILL 2004 Psammophylax acutus acutus — KELLY et al. 2008 Rhamphiophis acutus jappi (BROADLEY 1971) Psammophylax acutus jappi — KELLY et al. 2008 Rhamphiophis acutus togoensis (MATSCHIE 1893) Psammophis togoensis MATSCHIE 1893: 171 Rhamphiophis togoensis — WERNER 1897 Rhamphiophis togoensis — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007 Psammophylax acutus togoensis — KELLY et al. 2008 |
Distribution | Angola, N/S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire),
Congo (Brazzaville), W Tanzania, Burundi, Zambia, W Uganda,
Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin ?, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast (RÖDEL et
al. 1999) jappi: W Zambia; Type locality: Barotse flood plains in western Zambia. togoensis: Cameroon Type locality: Pungo Andongo, Angola. . |
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Comment | Etymology: Named after Latin “acuere” = sharp,
or “acutus” = sharpened, pointed, or “acumen” = tip, or “acus” =
needle. Distribution: not listed explicitly by BROADLEY et al. (2003) for Zambia. Not reported from Benin according to ULLENBRUCH et al. 2010. |
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