Thelotornis usambaricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Holotype: NMZB 16181, adult ♂, collected by a Frontier-Tanzania team on 18 February 1999.

Type locality: “Amani Nature Reserve (Kwamkoro/Kwemsambia Forest Reserve), East Usambara Mountains (05º07' S: 38º39' E)”.

Broadley, D.G. 2001. A review of the genus Thelotornis A. Smith in eastern African, with the description of a new species from the Usambara Mountains (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dispholidini). African Journal of Herpetology 50(2): 53–70. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2001.9635451 Reference page.

English: Usambara Vine Snake

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