Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 31st, 2023.
 
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Genus
Dromophis
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Olympic Snakes
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Olympianattern
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Olympiasnoge
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Philodendros Fitzinger (type species: Dendrophis praeornata Schlegel 1837; rejected to protect Dromophis; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1986): Opinion 1384) |
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Philodendrus Agassiz 1846 [emendation] |
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1869 | |
Dromophis Peters (type species: Dendrophis praeornata Schlegel 1837) |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of
Psammophis
by Kelly, Barker, Villet, Broadley & Branch (2008), but retained herein as a valid genus, following Hughes (2013) and Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Distribution:
SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from:
Angola,
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ethiopia,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mali,
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Dromophis lineatus
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Lined Olympic Snake, Striped Olympic Snake, Striped Olympic Sand Snake, (Buff-striped Grass Snake)
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Gestreifte Olympianatter
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Stribet Olympiasnog
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1854 | |
Dryophylax lineatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril |
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Philodryas lineatus Jan 1863 |
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Dromophis lineatus Boulenger 1896 |
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Psammophis lineatus Kelly, Barker, Villet, Broadley & Branch 2008 |
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1901 | |
Psammophis sibilans tumbensis Schenkel (Broadley 1983) |
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1902 | |
Psammophis brevirostris temporalis Werner (Broadley 1983) |
Remarks:
Only a single record from Angola (Bogert 1940) without exact locality (Branch 2018).
Distribution:
Angola,
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ethiopia,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mali,
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Dromophis praeornatus
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Ornate Olympic Snake, Ornate Grass Snake, African Swamp Snake
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Geschmückte Olympianatter
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Pragt-olympiasnog
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Dendrophis praeornata Schlegel |
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Philodendros praeornata Fitzinger 1843 |
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Oxyrhopus praeornatus Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
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Chrysopelea praeornata Günther 1858 |
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Dromophis praeornatus Peters 1869 |
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Psammophis praeornatus Kelly, Barker, Villet, Broadley & Branch 2008 |
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1921 | |
Dromophis praeornatus gribinguiensis Angel |
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Psammophis praeornatus gribinguiensis Kelly, Barker, Villet, Broadley & Branch 2008 |
Other common names:
gribinguiensis: Eastern Ornate Olympic Snake
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Togo.
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