Bamanophis

Bamanophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Bamanophis
Schätti & J.-F. Trape, 2008[2]
Species:
B. dorri
Binomial name
Bamanophis dorri
(Lataste, 1888)
Synonyms[2]
  • Periops dorri
    Lataste, 1888
  • Zamenis dorri
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Coluber dorri
    — Dekeyser & Villiers, 1954
  • Eremiophis dorri
    — Welch, 1983
  • Haemorrhois dorri
    — Mierte, 1992
  • Bamanophis dorri
    — Schätti & J.–F. Trape

Bamanophis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus contains the sole species Bamanophis dorri, which is native to West Africa.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dorri, is in honor of French military officer Emile Dorr (1857–1907), who collected the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

B. dorri is found in northern Benin, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and northern Togo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. dorri is rocky areas in savanna.[1]

Description

Dorsally, B. dorri is gray or reddish, with a series of X-shaped dark spots.[4] Ventrally, it is yellowish white.[5] Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 73.5 cm (28.9 in).[4][5]

Reproduction

B. dorri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Wilms, T.; Wagner, P. (2013). "Bamanophis dorri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13264896A13264903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13264896A13264903.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bamanophis dorri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  3. ^ 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. (Coluber dorri, p. 75).
  4. ^ a b Boulenger GA (1893).
  5. ^ a b Lataste F (1888).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Zamenis dorri, pp. 410–411.
  • Lataste F (1888). "Description d'un ophidien diacrantérien nouveau ( Periops dorri, n. sp.) Originaire du Haut-Sénégal ". Le Naturaliste, Deuxième Série 10: 227–228. (Periops dorri, new species). (in French).
  • Schätti B, Trape J-F (2008). "Bamanophis, a new genus for the West African colubrid Periops dorri Lataste, 1888 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115 (4): 595–615.