Misplaced Pages

Platyceps largeni

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of snake

Platyceps largeni
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: P. largeni
Binomial name
Platyceps largeni
(Schätti, 2001)
Synonyms
  • Coluber largeni
    Schätti, 2001

Platyceps largeni, also known commonly as the Dahlak racer, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Eritrea.

Etymology

The specific name, largeni, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm John Largen.

Geographic range

P. largeni is found in the Dahlak Archipelago in Eritrea.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. largeni are shrubland and the supratidal zone.

Reproduction

P. largeni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Spawls, S. (2021). "Platyceps largeni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18032696A18032704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18032696A18032704.en. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ Species Platyceps largeni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Coluber largeni, p. 151).

Further reading

  • Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Platyceps largeni, new combination, p. 511).
  • Maza, Erez; Feldman, Anat; Meiri, Shai (2015). "Platyceps largeni (Schätti, 2001) – sixth specimen and a distribution extension". Check List 11 (1): 1517.
  • Schätti B (2001). "A new species of Coluber (sensu lato) from the Dahlak Islands, Erirea, with a review of the herpetofauna of the archipelago". Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 (2): 139–148. (Coluber largeni, new species, pp. 142–144, Figures 2–3).
  • Spawls S, Mazuch T, Mohammad A (2023). Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 640 pp. ISBN 978-1472991447. (Platyceps largeni, p. 465).


Taxon identifiers
Platyceps largeni
Coluber largeni
Stub icon

This article relating to Colubrinae is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: