Dasypeltis loveridgei MERTENS, 1954

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Dwarf Egg Eater G: Zwerg-Eierschlange
Synonym	Dasypeltis scabra loveridgei MERTENS 1954: 213 Dasypeltis loveridgei — GÖTHEL 2015 Dasypeltis loveridgei — BATES & BROADLEY 2018: 6
Distribution	NW Republic of South Africa, SW Namibia Type locality: “Farm Finkenstein bei Windhoek, Südwestafrika”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SMF 46642, female; paratype: SMF 19446, male
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Arthur Loveridge, American herpetologist.
References	Bates MF 2023. The enigmatic Namibian egg-eating snake Dasypeltis loveridgei Mertens, 1954 (Squamata: Colubridae): A valid species recovered from synonymy. Bonn zoological Bulletin 72 (2): 163–184 - get paper here Bates, M.F. & D.G. Broadley 2018. A revision of the egg-eating snakes of the genus Dasypeltis Wagler (Squamata: Colubridae: Colubrinae) in north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabia, with descriptions of three new species. Indago 34 (1): 1-95 - get paper here Göthel, Helmut 2015. Die Eierschlangenarten Afrikas. Draco 16 (61): 78-92 - get paper here Göthel, Helmut 2015. Die Pazifisten unter den Schlangen – Afrikanische Eierschlangen der Gattung Dasypeltis. Draco 16 (61): 6-21 - get paper here Mertens, R. 1954. Neue Schlangenrassen aus Südwest- und Südafrika. Zool. Anz. 152: 213-219
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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