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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Meizodon
Species: Meizodon plumbiceps
Name

Meizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893)

Type locality: Ogadeen, Somaliland.
Synonyms

Coronella plumbiceps Boettger, 1893: 117
Coronella somalica Scortecci, 1932
Meizodon loveridgei Bogert, 1940

References

Boettger, O. 1893: Übersicht der von Prof. C. Keller anlässlich der Ruspoli'schen Expedition nach den Somaliländern gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier. Zool. Anz. 16(416): 113–119.
Scortecci, G. 1932: Descrizione preliminare di un nuovo ofidio ed un anfibio della Somalia italiana. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 71: 58–60.
Bogert, C.M. 1940: Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition. I. Snakes, including an arrangement of the African Colubridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 77: 1–107.
Meizodon plumbiceps at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 sep 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Black-headed Smooth Snake

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