Northern Marbled Nocturnal Tree Snake
Dipsadoboa flavida (Broadley & Stevens, 1971)
Also calledNordlig Marmor-nattræsnog (dan)
First described in: Broadley, D. G., & Stevens, R. A. A review of Chamaetortus aulicus GÜNTHER, with the description of a new subspecies from Malawi (Serpentes: Colubridae).
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
a taxon originally described from southern Malawi, has remained unrepresented in molecular datasets, hindering a complete understanding of species boundaries and evolutionary relationships within the eastern clade of the genus. Dipsadoboa flavida was originally described as Chamaetortus aulicus flavidus from southern Malawi by Broadley and Stevens (1971). Rasmussen (1979) subsequently transferred the taxon to Dipsadoboa and later elevated it to full species status, describing an additional subspecies, D. flavida broadleyi from coastal Mozambique to southern Somalia (Rasmussen 1989). The two subspecies are very similar, differing mainly in minor scalation, dentition, colouration, and distribution (fide Rasmussen 1989). Dipsadoboa f. flavida possesses 193 – 206 (males) and 188 – 197 (females) ventrals, 97 – 106 (males) and 93 – 97 (females) subcaudals, and 15 – 18 (anteriorly) + II (enlarged) + 1 (posteriorly) maxillary teeth, with 65 – 95 dorsal blotches, and occurs in southern Malawi. In contrast, D. f. broadleyi has 177 – 197 (males) and 170 – 194 (females) ventrals, 90 – 100 (males) and 79 – 100 (females) subcaudals, and 13 – 16 + II + 1 maxillary teeth, with 58 – 82 dorsal blotc
The phylogenetic status of Dipsadoboa flavida (Serpentes: Colubridae)
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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Every page naming Dipsadoboa flavida in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2456706.