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GBIF·2457445speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusTelescopus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Egyptian Catsnake

Telescopus obtusus (Reuss, 1834)

Also calledKatzennatter (deu) · Ägyptische Katzennatter (deu)

First described in: Reuss, A. Zoologische Miscellen. Reptilien, Ophidier. [Coluber albiventris, Echis pavo].

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”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2457445.