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Aprosdoketophis andreonei, a new genus and species of snake from Somalia (Serpentes: Colubridae: Boiginae)

Published in: African Journal of Herpetology
Volume 59 , issue 2 , 2010 , pages: 95–110

DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2010.512962

Author(s): Van Wallach , USA , Benedetto Lanza Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”, Italy , Annamaria Nistri Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”, Italy

Keywords: Aprosdoketophis andreonei , Colubridae , Boiginae , Crotaphopeltis , Somalia , Africa , visceral anatomy

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Abstract

An aglyphous colubroid snake representing a new genus and species is described from Somalia. It is a terrestrial form that inhabits xerophytic woodlands. A comparison with both African and extralimital genera indicates that its relationships lie with the opisthoglyph Boiginae and that its closest relative is Crotaphopeltis.

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