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Somali Cat Snake

Telescopus somalicus (Parker, 1949)

Also calledSomalia-Katzennatter (deu)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
S Somalia, Kenya, N Tanzania
Also published as
Tarbophis dhara somalicus Parker, 1949
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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References

  • Al-Quran, S. (2009). The Herpetofauna of the Southern Jordan. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 6 (4): 385-391 [Dubious Journal].
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane. (2018). Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71.
  • Scortecci, G. (1939). Spedizione zoologica del Marchese Saverio patrizi nel Basso Giuba e nell’Oltre Giuba. Giugno-agosto 1934. XII. Rettili Ofidi. Annali Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 58: 263-291.
  • Broadley, D. G. (1994). A collection of snakes from eastern Sudan, with the description of a new species of Telescopus Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Ophidia). Journal of African Zoology 108 (2): 201-208.
  • Carranza S, Xipell M, Tarroso P, Gardner A, Arnold EN, Robinson MD, et al. (2018). Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata). PLoS One 13 (2): E0190389.
  • Disi, & M, A. (1993). A contribution to the herpetofauna of Jordan: 5. New records of three colubrid snakes from Jordan. The Snake 25 (2): 109-113.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.