Crotaphopeltis tornieri

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 tornieri
Name

Crotaphopeltis tornieri (Werner, 1908)

Type locality: Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.

Holotype: ZMH R00652 (formerly no. 4576), subadult male.
Synonyms

Leptodira tornieri Werner, 1908: 1876
Leptodira rufescens Werner, 1895 [not L. r. (Gmelin) now Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia].
Leptodeira tornieri - Barbour & Amaral, 1927
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri - Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia hotamboeia - Bogert, 1940
Crotaphopeltis tornieri - Broadley, 1968
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri — Welch, 1982
Crotaphopeltis tornieri — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 31

References

Werner, F. 1908. Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach nach dem Ägyptischen Sudan und Norduganda. XII. die Reptilien und Amphibien. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 116 [1907]: 1823–1926.
Barbour, T. & Loveridge. A. 1928. A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanzania Territory with descriptions of new species. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Cambridge (Massachusetts), 50 (2): 85–265.
Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
Crotaphopeltis tornieri at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Werner's Water Snake

Crotaphopeltis tornieri, also known commonly as Tornier's cat snake and Werner's cat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.
Etymology

The specific name, tornieri, is in honor of German zoologist Gustav Tornier.[3]
Geographic range

C. tornieri is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.[2]
Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. tornieri is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,900 m (660–6,230 ft).[1]
Reproduction

C. tornieri is oviparous.[2]
References

Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2015). "Crotaphopeltis tornieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13265019A13265027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T13265019A13265027.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Species Crotaphopeltis tornieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Crotaphopeltis tornieri, p. 266).

Further reading

Rasmussen JB (1993). "The current taxonomic status of Tornier's cat-snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri)". Amphibia-Reptilia 14: 395–409.
Finke, Florian & Daniel Liepack (2021). A first record of the Tornier's Cat Snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri [Werner, 1908]) from Kenya. Erstnachweis der Torniers Katzennatter (Crotaphopeltis tornieri [Werner, 1908]) in Kenia. Sauria 43 (2): 67-70

https://sauria.de/freepdf/Sauria2021_2_67-70.pdf

Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Crotaphopeltis tornieri, p. 526).
Werner F (1908). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftliche Klasse 116: 1823–1926. (Leptodira tornieri, new species, p. 1876). (in German).