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GBIF·7411740speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusPlatyceps
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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Schätti's Racer

Platyceps messanai (Schätti & Lanza, 1989)

First described in: Schätti B, & Lanza B. Coluber messanai, a new species of snake from northern Somalia (Reptilia, Serpentes).

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 7411740.