Striped harlequin snake
| Striped Harlequin Snake | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Atractaspididae/Lamprophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Atractaspidinae |
| Genus: | Homoroselaps |
| Species: | H. dorsalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Homoroselaps dorsalis (Smith, 1849) | |
The Striped Harlequin Snake (Homoroselaps dorsalis) is a species of snake in the Atractasp family or subfamily (of Lamprophiid family). Genus Homoroselaps consists of two species (H.doralis and H.lacteus) and is sister taxon to Atractaspis.[1] It is found in South Africa and Swaziland.
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Homoroselaps dorsalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ↑ http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Homoroselaps&species=dorsalis&search_param=%28%28taxon%3D%27Atractaspidinae%27%29%29
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