Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
August 22nd, 2022.
 
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Genus
Crotaphopeltis
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Herald Snakes
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Heroldnattern
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Heroldsnoge
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1843 |  |
Crotaphopeltis Fitzinger (type species: Coluber rufescens Gmelin 1789) |
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1853 | |
Heterurus Dumeril (type species: Coluber rufescens Gmelin 1789) |
Contents:
6 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eritrea,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago),
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania
(incl.
Zanzibar),
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Crotaphopeltis barotseensis
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Zambian Herald Snake, Barotse Water Snake, Barotse Cat Snake
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Sambianische Heroldnatter
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Zambiansk Heroldsnog
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1968 | |
Crotaphopeltis barotseensis Broadley |
Distribution:
Angola,
Botswana,
Zambia.
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Crotaphopeltis braestrupi
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Tana Herald Snake
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Tana-Heroldnatter
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Tana-heroldsnog
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1985 | |
Crotaphopeltis braestrupi Rasmussen |
Distribution:
Kenya,
Somalia.
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Crotaphopeltis degeni
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Yellow-flanked Herald Snake, Yellow-flanked Snake, (Degen's Herald Snake, Degen's Water Snake)
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Gelbseiten-Heroldnatter
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Gulflanket Heroldsnog
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1906 | |
Leptodira degeni Boulenger |
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Crotaphopeltis degeni Barbour & Amaral 1927 |
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1907 | |
Leptodira attarensis Werner (Loveridge 1957) |
Remarks:
Presence in Tanzania is based on a single report from southern Tanzania (Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018), far from other records of the species, so presence in the country
requires confirmation.
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
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Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis
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West African Herald Snake, Western Herald Snake
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Westafrikanische Heroldnatter
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Vestafrikansk Heroldsnog
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1843 | |
Dipsas hippocrepis Reinhardt |
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Heterurus hippocrepis Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
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Leptodeira hippocrepis Gray 1858 |
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Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis Rasmussen 1985 |
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1974 | |
Crotaphopeltis acarina Roman (Rasmussen 1985) |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of hotamboeia (e.g., Boulenger 1896; Loveridge 1957).
Revalidated by Rasmussen (1985).
Presence in Chad first confirmed by Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toïngué & Kerah (2020), but the species had appeared in error on maps of Chippaux (1999) and Chippaux & Jackson (2019).
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone,
Togo.
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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
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Common Herald Snake, Red-lipped Snake, Black-templed Cat Snake, Savanna White-lipped Snake, White-lipped Herald Snake, White-lipped Snake, White-lip
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Afrikanische Weisslippenschlange, Rotlippenschlange
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Rødlæbet Heroldsnog
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1768 | |
Coronella hotamboeia Laurenti |
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Leptodira hotamboeia Boulenger 1896 |
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Leptodeira hotamboeia Schmidt 1923 |
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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Barbour & Amaral 1927 |
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1768 | |
Coronella virginica Laurenti (Broadley 1983) |
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1789 | |
Coluber rufescens Gmelin (Largen & Rasmussen 1993) |
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1819 | |
Coluber bicolor Leach (Rasmussen 1985) |
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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia bicolor Laurent 1960 |
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1833 | |
Ophis albocinctus Duvernoy (Broadley 1983) |
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1833 | |
Ophis heterurus Duvernoy (Broadley 1983) |
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1849 | |
Dipsas inornatus Smith (Loveridge 1957) |
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1860 | |
Oxyropus melanocrotaphos Cope (Broadley 1983) |
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1940 | |
Tarbophis barnumbrowni Bogert (Broadley 1983) |
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1956 | |
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia ruziziensis Laurent |
Remarks:
Previously included hippocrepis.
Distribution:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eritrea,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago),
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania
(incl.
Zanzibar),
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Crotaphopeltis tornieri
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Forest White-lipped Snake, Sylvicoline White-lipped Snake, (Tornier's Cat Snake)
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Wald-Heroldnatter
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Skov-heroldsnog
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1908 | |
Leptodira tornieri Werner |
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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri Barbour & Loveridge 1928 |
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Crotaphopeltis tornieri Broadley 1968 |
Distribution:
Kenya,
Malawi,
Tanzania.
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