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

  1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Homoroselaps&species=dorsalis&search_param=%28%28taxon%3D%27Atractaspidinae%27%29%29


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 07, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.