Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis

Life-forms

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
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Crotaphopeltis
Species: Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis
Name

Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis (Reinhardt, 1843)

Type locality: the Danish settlements on the coast of Guinea, near Accra, Ghana.

Holotype: ZMUC R63127).
Synonyms

Dipsas hippocrepis Reinhardt, 1843
Heterurus hippocrepis — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 1177
Leptodeira hippocrepis — Gray, 1858: 161
Leptodira hotamboeia — Boulenger, 1896: 90 (not Laurenti)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia — Chabanaud, 1921: 469 (not Laurenti) (part.)
Crotaphopeltis acarina Roman, 1974
Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis - Rasmussen, 1985: 126
Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis - Rasmussen, 2000

References

Reinhardt, J. T. 1843. Beskrivelse af nogle nye Slangearter. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. 10: 233–279.
Rasmussen, Jens Bodtker; Chirio, Laurent; and Ineich, Ivan 2000. The Herald Snakes (Crotaphopeltis) of the Central African Republic, Including a Systematic Review of C. hippocrepis. Zoosystema 22(3):585-600.
Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59.
Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range

The snake is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
References

Penner, J.; Rödel, M.-O.; Segniagbeto, G. (2021). "Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13264975A13264980. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13264975A13264980.en. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

Species Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis at The Reptile Database