Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
August 27th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Duberria
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African Slug Eaters
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Afrikanische Schneckenfresser
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Afrikanske Sneglesnoge
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1826 |  |
Duberria Fitzinger (type species: Coluber arctiventris Daudin 1803) |
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1830 | |
Homalosoma Wagler (type species: Coluber arctiventris Daudin 1803) |
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1833 | |
Brachyblemma Wagler [substitute name for Duberria 1826] |
Contents:
4 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from:
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Rwanda,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Western Cape),
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Duberria atriventris
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Black-bellied Slug Eater
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Schwarzbauch-Schneckenfresser
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Sortbuget Sneglesnog
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1912 | |
Homalosoma lutrix atriventris Sternfeld |
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Duberria lutrix atriventris Laurent 1956 |
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Duberria atriventris Trape 2023 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of lutrix (e.g., Laurent 1956) or shirana (e.g., Midtgaard 2019, tentative synonym).
Treated as a separate species herein, following Trape (2023).
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Kenya,
Rwanda,
Tanzania,
Uganda.
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Duberria lutrix
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Common Slug Eater, Russet Slug Eater
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Gewöhnliche Schneckenfresser
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Almindelig Sneglesnog
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1758 | |
Coluber lutrix Linnaeus |
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Homalosoma lutrix Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
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Duberria lutrix Loveridge 1933 |
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1790 | |
Coluber duberria Merrem (Broadley 1983) |
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1802 | |
Coluber tetragonus Latreille (Broadley 1983) |
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1803 | |
Coluber arctiventris Daudin (Broadley 1983) |
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Duberria arctiventris Fitzinger 1826 |
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Homalosoma arctiventris Wagler 1830 |
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Calamaria arctiventris Schlegel 1837 |
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1804 | |
Coluber erathon Hermann (Broadley 1983) |
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1868 | |
Cyclophis catenatus Theobald (Broadley 1983) |
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1894 | |
Homalosoma abyssinicum Boulenger |
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Duberria lutrix abyssinicum Bogert 1940 |
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1958 | |
Duberria lutrix rhodesiana Broadley |
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Duberria rhodesiana Broadley & Blaylock 2013 |
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1961 | |
Duberria lutrix basilewskyi Skelton-Bourgeois |
Other common names:
abyssinica: Abyssinian Slug Eater, Ethiopian Slug Eater
basilewskyi: Ngorongoro Slug Eater
lutrix: South African Slug Eater, Southern Slug Eater
rhodesiana: Zimbabwean Slug Eater
Remarks:
Previously included shirana.
The various isolated populations or subspecies of lutrix probably represent separate species (Broadley & Blaylock 2013).
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Mozambique,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Western Cape),
Tanzania,
Zimbabwe.
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Duberria shirana
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Shire Slug Eater
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Shire-Schneckenfresser
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Shire-sneglesnog
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1894 | |
Homalosoma shiranum Boulenger |
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Duberria lutrix shiranum Loveridge 1933 |
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Duberria shirana Broadley, Doria & Wigge 2003 |
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1956 | |
Duberria lutrix curry-lindali Laurent (tentative synonym) |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Broadley, Doria & Wigge (2003).
Distribution:
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Rwanda,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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Duberria variegata
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Spotted Slug Eater, Variegated Slug Eater, Northern Slug Eater
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Gefleckte Schneckenfresser
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Plettet Sneglesnog
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1854 | |
Homalosoma variegatum Peters |
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Duberria variegata Loveridge 1944 |
Distribution:
Mozambique,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal).
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