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Dagger-tooth Vine Snake

Thelotornis uluguruensis Broadley & Wallach, 2002

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
Tanzania
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Recorded sightings

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References

  • BROADLEY, D. G., & BERADUCCI, J. (2009). Xyelodontophis uluguruensis (Broadley & Wallach, 2002). African Herp News (50): 41-42.
  • BROADLEY, D. G. & V. WALLACH. (2002). Review of the Dispholidini, with the description of a new genus and species from Tanzania (Serpentes, Colubridae). Bull. Nat.Hist. Mus. Lond (Zool.), 68(2): 57-74.
  • 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.
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon. (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 Pp.
  • Menegon, M., & Nike Doggart, N. O. (2008). The Nguru mountains of Tanzania, an outstanding hotspot of herpetofaunal diversity. Acta Herpetologica 3 (2): 107-127.
  • Lyakurwa, J. V., Howell, K. M., Munishi, L. K., & Treydte, A. C. (2019). Uzungwa Scarp Nature Forest Reserve; a unique hotspot for reptiles in Tanzania. Acta Herpetologica 14 (1): 3-14.

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