Dipsadoboa Explained

Dipsadoboa is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

The genus Dipsadoboa is endemic to Africa.^[1]

Species

The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.

• Dipsadoboa aulica (Günther, 1864) - marbled tree snake
• Dipsadoboa brevirostris (Sternfeld, 1908)
• Dipsadoboa duchesnii (Boulenger, 1901)
• Dipsadoboa flavida (Broadley & R. Stevens, 1971) - cross-barred tree snake
• Dipsadoboa kageleri (Uthmöller, 1939) - Kageler’s tree snake
• Dipsadoboa montisilva Branch, Conradie, & Tolley, 2019 - montane forest tree snake
• Dipsadoboa shrevei (Loveridge, 1932) - Shreve's tree snake
• Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen, 1993
• Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther, 1858 - Günther's green tree snake
• Dipsadoboa viridis (W. Peters, 1869) - Laurent’s green tree snake
• Dipsadoboa weileri (Lindholm, 1905) - black-tailed tree snake
• Dipsadoboa werneri (Boulenger, 1897) - Werner's green tree snake

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dipsadoboa.

Further reading

• Günther A (1858). Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Dipsadoboa, new genus, p. 182).

Notes and References

1. [:fr:William Roy Branch|Branch, Bill]