Crotaphopeltis tornieri

Crotaphopeltis tornieri, also known commonly as Tornier's cat snake and Werner's cat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Crotaphopeltis tornieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Crotaphopeltis
Species:
C. tornieri
Binomial name
Crotaphopeltis tornieri
(F. Werner, 1908)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptodira tornieri
    F. Werner, 1908
  • Leptodeira tornieri
    — Barbour & Amaral, 1927
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri
    — Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Crotaphopeltis tornieri
    — Broadley, 1968
  • Crotaphopeltis tornieri
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, tornieri, is in honor of German zoologist Gustav Tornier.[3]

Geographic range

C. tornieri is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. tornieri is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,900 m (660–6,230 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. tornieri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2015). "Crotaphopeltis tornieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13265019A13265027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T13265019A13265027.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Species Crotaphopeltis tornieri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Crotaphopeltis tornieri, p. 266).

Further reading
  • Rasmussen JB (1993). "The current taxonomic status of Tornier's cat-snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri)". Amphibia-Reptilia 14: 395–409.
  • Finke, Florian & Daniel Liepack (2021). A first record of the Tornier's Cat Snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri [Werner, 1908]) from Kenya. Erstnachweis der Torniers Katzennatter (Crotaphopeltis tornieri [Werner, 1908]) in Kenia. Sauria 43 (2): 67-70

https://sauria.de/freepdf/Sauria2021_2_67-70.pdf

  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Crotaphopeltis tornieri, p. 526).
  • Werner F (1908). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftliche Klasse 116: 1823–1926. (Leptodira tornieri, new species, p. 1876). (in German).


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