Mole Snake
Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAfrikansk Muldvarpesnog (dan) · Cobra-toupeira (por) · Dowera (sna) · Maulwurfsnatter (deu) · Molslang (afr) · Mullvadssnok (swe) · Swartslang (afr) · Tshosabosigo (tsn) · inKwakhwa (xho) · noga ya phou (tsn) · uBhulube (zul) · um'fungendlu (zul) · užovka krtčí (ces) · Кротова змія (ukr)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
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Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus 1758)
Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus, 1758) * Specimen. Angola: Caconda: BMNH 1893.12.27.19 [putative syntype of Ophirhina anchietae Bocage, 1882; Fig. 31] . Comments. Bocage (1882 b) described Ophirhina anchietae based on an unspecified number of specimens collected by Anchieta in Caconda, although implying that more than one specimen was available. A juvenile specimen was presented to the British Museum in 1893, and Boulenger wrote to Bocage on 29 March 1894 stating that he thought Ophirhina anchietae to be a synonym of Pseudaspis cana (AHMB /CE/B44; Boulenger 1896). Bocage agreed with Boulenger’s opinion on a letter dated 3 April 1894 (NHMA /DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/76) and later referred his material to this species (Bocage 1895 a). Although not noted by Boulenger (1896) as a type, the type series included at least one juvenile (Bocage 1882 b, 1895 a) and the specimen presented to the British Museum is topotypical, raising the possibility that it was part of the type series of Ophirhina anchietae .
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