Eastern vine snake

The eastern vine snake (Thelotornis mossambicanus), also known commonly as the eastern twig snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Eastern Africa.

Eastern vine snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thelotornis
Species:
T. mossambicanus
Binomial name
Thelotornis mossambicanus
(Bocage, 1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dryiophis kirtlandii var. mossambicana
    Bocage, 1895
  • Thelotornis capensis mossambicanus
    — Rasmussen, 1981
  • Thelotornis mossambicanus
    — Broadley, 2001

Geographic range

T. mossambicanus is found in southeastern Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, southern Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, and eastern Zimbabwe.[1]

References
  1. Species Thelotornis mossambicanus at The Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Bocage JVB du (1895). Herpétologie d'Angola et du Congo, Ouvrage Publié sous les Auspices du Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Lisbon: Imprimerie Nationale. xx + 203 pp. + Plates I-XIX. (Dryiophis kirtlandii var. mossambicana, new variation, pp. 119–120). (in French).


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