Natriciteres pembana (LOVERIDGE, 1935)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Variable Marsh Snake
Synonym	Natrix olivacea pembana LOVERIDGE 1935: 8 Natriciteres olivacea pembana — LOVERIDGE 1958: 42 Natriciteres variegata pembana — BROADLEY 1966 Natriciteres variegata pembana — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 29 Natriciteres pembana — SPAWLS et al. 2002 Natriciteres pembana — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2012 Natriciteres pembana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 475 Natriciteres pembana — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 541
Distribution	endemic to Pemba island, Tanzania Type locality: Chake Chake, Pemba island.
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MCZ 19112, female
Diagnosis
Comment	Habitat: at least partially coastal and thus considered (partially) “marine”.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Broadley, D.G. 1966. A review of the genus Natriciteres Loveridge (Serpentes: Colubridae). Arnoldia 2 (35): 1-11 Hawlitschek, O.; F. Glaw & D. Rödder 2012. Pemba – Herpetologische Fundgrube im Indischen Ozean. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (97): 97-109 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1935. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. I. New reptiles and amphibians from East Africa. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 79: 1- 19. - get paper here Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/389091993315405 Google images

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