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
Dipsadoboa
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Nocturnal Tree Snakes, Cat-eyed Tree Snakes, Rear-fanged Tree Snakes
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Afrikanische Nachtbaumnattern
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Nattræsnoge
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1858 |  |
Dipsadoboa Günther (type species: Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther 1858) |
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1864 | |
Chamaetortus Günther (type species: Chamaetortus aulicus Günther 1864; syn. Williams & Wallach 1989) |
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1869 | |
Anoplodipsas Peters (type species: Anoplodipsas viridis Peters 1869) |
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1905 | |
Dipsadophidium Lindholm (type species: Dipsadophidium weileri Lindholm 1905) |
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1927 | |
Dipsoglyphophis Barbour & Amaral (type species: Leptodira guineensis Chabanaud 1920) |
Contents:
13 species, of which 3 (23.1%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Broadley's (2006) suggestion of using the common name Nocturnal Tree Snakes for this genus is followed herein.
Distribution:
SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from:
Angola,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Elobey Island,
Rio Muni),
Eswatini,
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago
[incl.
Benguerua]),
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga),
South Sudan,
Tanzania
(incl.
Zanzibar),
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Dipsadoboa aulica
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Cross-barred Nocturnal Tree Snake, Southern Marbled Tree Snake, (Cross-barred Tree Snake)
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Gebänderte Nachtbaumnatter
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Båndet Nattræsnog
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1864 | |
Chamaetortus aulicus Günther |
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Dipsadoboa aulica Broadley & Blake 1979 |
Remarks:
Previously included flavida.
Introduced to:
New Zealand.
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Malawi,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago
[incl.
Benguerua]),
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga),
Tanzania,
Zimbabwe.
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Dipsadoboa duchesnei
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Blue-tailed Nocturnal Tree Snake, Blue-tailed Tree Snake, (Duchesne's Nocturnal Tree Snake, Duchesne's Rear-fanged Tree Snake)
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Blauschwanz-Nachtbaumnatter
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Blåhalet Nattræsnog
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1901 | |
Leptodira duchesnei Boulenger |
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Dipsoglyphophis duchesnii Barbour & Amaral 1927 |
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Dipsadoboa duchesnii Bogert 1940 |
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Crotaphopeltis duchesnii Loveridge 1941 |
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1908 | |
Dipsadomorphus brevirostris Sternfeld (Trape & Baldé 2014) |
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Dipsadoboa brevirostris Rasmussen 1989 |
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1913 | |
Leptodira nigeriensis Werner (Rasmussen 1989) |
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1916 | |
Chamaetortus aulicus ellenbergeri Chabanaud (Rasmussen 1989) |
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1918 | |
Dipsadomorphus myops Chabanaud (Rasmussen 1989) |
Other common names:
brevirostris: Short-snouted Tree Snake, Short-head Rear-fanged Tree Snake
Remarks:
Older records of brevirostris and duchesnei west of Nigeria are now assigned to guineensis (Trape & Baldé 2014).
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Nigeria.
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Dipsadoboa flavida
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Northern Marbled Nocturnal Tree Snake, Northern Marbled Tree Snake, (Cross-barred Tree Snake)
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Nördliche Marmor-Nachtbaumnatter
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Nordlig Marmor-nattræsnog
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1971 | |
Chamaetortus aulicus flavidus Broadley & Stevens |
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Dipsadoboa aulica flavida Rasmussen 1979 |
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Dipsadoboa flavida Rasmussen 1989 |
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1989 | |
Dipsadoboa flavida broadleyi Rasmussen |
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Dipsadoboa broadleyi Malonza & Bwong 2023 |
Remarks:
Malonza & Bwong (2023) treated broadleyi as a separate species, but without discussion or references.
Distribution:
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Somalia,
Tanzania
(incl.
Zanzibar).
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Dipsadoboa guineensis
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Guinean Nocturnal Tree Snake, Short-head Rear-fanged Tree Snake (as brevirostris, see remarks)
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Guinea-Nachtbaumnatter
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Guinea-nattræsnog
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1920 | |
Leptodira guineensis Chabanaud |
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Dipsoglyphophis guineensis Barbour & Amaral 1927 |
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Crotaphopeltis duchesnii guineensis Loveridge 1941 |
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Dipsadoboa duchesnei guineensis Laurent 1956 |
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Dipsadoboa guineensis Trape & Baldé 2014 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of brevirostris (e.g., Rasmussen 1989), which is now considered a synonym of duchesnei. Revalidated as a separate species by Trape & Baldé (2014). Most older records of brevirostris are now assigned to guineensis.
Distribution:
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone.
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Dipsadoboa kageleri
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Sanya Juu Nocturnal Tree Snake, (Kageler's Tree Snake)
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Sanya-Juu-Nachtbaumnatter
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Sanya Juu-nattræsnog
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Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia kageleri Uthmöller |
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Dipsadoboa shrevei kageleri Rasmussen 1994 |
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Dipsadoboa kageleri Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley 2019 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of shrevei (e.g., Rasmussen 1994).
Raised to species status by Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley (2019).
Distribution:
Tanzania.
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Dipsadoboa montisilva
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Mozambique Nocturnal Tree Snake
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Mosambikanische Nachtbaumnatter
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Mozambiquisk Nattræsnog
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Dipsadoboa montisilva Branch, Conradie & Tolley in Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley |
Distribution:
Mozambique.
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Dipsadoboa riparia
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Kambadaga Nocturnal Tree Snake, Riparian Tree Snake
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Kambadaga-Nachtbaumnatter
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Kambadaga-nattræsnog
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Dipsadoboa riparia Trape, Mediannikov & Baldé 2023 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as the western populations of weileri.
Records of weileri from Togo are provisionally assigned to riparia, but this needs confirmation (Trape, Mediannikov & Baldé 2023).
Distribution:
Guinea,
Senegal,
Togo.
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Dipsadoboa shrevei
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Angolan Nocturnal Tree Snake, Angolan Tree Snake, (Shreve's Marbled Tree Snake)
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Angolische Nachtbaumnatter
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Angolansk Nattræsnog
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Crotaphopeltis shrevei Loveridge |
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Dipsadoboa shrevei Laurent 1951 |
Remarks:
Previously included kageleri.
The only record of typical shrevei from Tanzania is of uncertain status, so shrevei is no longer considered occurring in the country
(Branch, Bayliss, Bittencourt-Silva, Conradie, Engelbrecht, Loader, Menegon, Nanvonamuquitxo & Tolley 2019).
Distribution:
Angola,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Malawi,
Zambia.
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Dipsadoboa underwoodi
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Cameroon Nocturnal Tree Snake, (Underwood's Nocturnal Tree Snake, Underwood's Rear-fanged Tree Snake)
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Kamerunische Nachtbaumnatter
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Camerounsk Nattræsnog
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1993 | |
Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen |
Remarks:
A photographic record from Congo-Kinshasa (Chippaux & Jackson 2019) is believed to represent weileri (Pauwels & Brecko 2020).
No other references have been found to support the presence of underwoodi in the country.
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Equatorial Guinea
(Elobey Island),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone,
Togo.
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Dipsadoboa unicolor
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Unicoloured Nocturnal Tree Snake, Unicoloured Rear-fanged Tree Snake, Green Tree Snake, (Günther's Green Tree Snake, Green Nocturnal Tree Snake)
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Einfarbige Nachtbaumnatter
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Ensfarvet Nattræsnog
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1858 | |
Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther |
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1893 | |
Dipsadoboa assimilis Matschie (Loveridge 1957) |
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1956 | |
Dipsadoboa unicolor viridiventris Laurent (Rasmussen 1993) |
Other common names:
viridiventris: Green-bellied Tree Snake
Remarks:
Previously included viridis.
Chippaux & Jackson (2019) included Guinea-Bissau in the distribution, but no localities in the country were shown in their map.
No other references have been found to support the presence of the species in Guinea-Bissau.
Distribution:
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Sierra Leone,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda.
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Dipsadoboa viridis
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Green Nocturnal Tree Snake, Gracile Nocturnal Tree Snake, Green Rear-fanged Tree Snake, (Laurent's Green Tree Snake, Green Tree Snake)
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Grüne Nachtbaumnatter
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Grøn Nattræsnog
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1869 | |
Anoplodipsas viridis Peters |
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Dipsadoboa viridis Rasmussen 1993 |
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1914 | |
Crotaphopeltis elongata Barbour (Rasmussen 1993) |
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Leptodeira elongata Werner 1924 |
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Dipsadoboa elongata Schmidt 1923 |
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1956 | |
Dipsadoboa elongata gracilis Laurent (Rasmussen 1993) |
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Dipsadoboa viridis gracilis Rasmussen 1993 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of unicolor (e.g., Loveridge 1957). Revalidated by Rasmussen (1993).
Distribution:
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Togo.
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Dipsadoboa weileri
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Grey Nocturnal Tree Snake, (Black-tailed Green Tree Snake, Black-tailed Tree Snake, Weiler's Tree Snake)
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Graue Nachtbaumnatter
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Grå Nattræsnog
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1905 | |
Dipsadophidium weileri Lindholm |
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Dipsadoboa weileri Rasmussen 1993 |
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1907 | |
Dipsadoboa isolepis Boulenger (Rasmussen 1993) |
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
South Sudan,
Togo,
Uganda.
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Dipsadoboa werneri
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East Tanzanian Nocturnal Tree Snake, (Werner’s Nocturnal Tree Snake, Werner's Green Tree Snake)
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Osttansanianische Nachtbaumnatter
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Østtanzaniansk Nattræsnog, (Werners Træsnog)
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1897 | |
Leptodira werneri Boulenger |
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Crotaphopeltis werneri Loveridge 1933 |
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Dipsadoboa werneri Laurent 1951 |
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1909 | |
Dipsadomorphus reticulatus Werner (Rasmussen 1986) |
Distribution:
Tanzania.
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