Savanna Vine Snake

Thelotornis capensis Smith, 1849

Also calledCobra-pau (por) · Kap-Vogelnatter (deu) · Savannelianesnok (nob) · Savannen-Vogelnatter (deu) · Serpiente de Parra de Sabana (spa) · Sydafrikansk Liansnog (dan) · Voëlslang (afr) · legonyana (tsn) · liánovec kapský (ces) · mmalegonyana (tsn) · ralegonyana (tsn) · uKhokhothi (zul) · Капская винная змея (rus)

First described in: Smith, Andrew. 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Together with a summary of African zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of species in that quarter of the globe. Smith, Elder and Co., London.: Part 28: ; plates: Reptilia 31, 70-78; Appendix, pp.1-28.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.