Hapsidophrys principis

Hapsidophrys principis is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[1][2] It was described by George Albert Boulenger in 1906.[3] The species occurs on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe, in elevations between 100 and 300 meters above sea level.[1]

Hapsidophrys principis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hapsidophrys
Species:
H. principis
Binomial name
Hapsidophrys principis
(Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Gastropyxis principis Boulenger, 1906

References

  1. Hapsidophrys principis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 January 2019.
  2. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
  3. Boulenger, G.A. (1906). Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, ser. 3, vol. 2, p. 196-216.


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