Polemon fulvicollis

Polemon fulvicollis, or the African snake-eater, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] It is endemic to Africa.[3]

Polemon fulvicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Polemon
Species:
P. fulvicollis
Binomial name
Polemon fulvicollis
(Mocquard, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Microsoma fulvicollis Mocquard, 1887
  • Miodon fulvicollis - Trape & Roux-Estève, 1990
  • Polemon fulvicollis - Welch, 1994[1]

Geographic range

It is found in Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Uganda.[4]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized including the nominate race.

  • Polemon fulvicollis fulvicollis (Mocquard, 1887)
  • Polemon fulvicollis gracilis (de Witte & Laurent, 1943)
  • Polemon fulvicollis graueri (Sternfeld, 1908)
  • Polemon fulvicollis laurenti (de Witte & Laurent, 1943)[5]

References
  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Polemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  3. Polemon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 May 2009.
  4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  5. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  • Mocquard, F. 1887. Sur les Ophidiens rapportés du Congo par la Mission de Brazza. Bulletin de la Société philomatique de Paris (7)11:62-92. (Microsoma fulvicollis, p. 65.)
  • de Witte, G.F. & R.F. Laurent. 1943. Contribution à la systématique des Boiginae du Congo Belge (Rept.). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 37:157-189.


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