Bamanophis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus contains the sole species Bamanophis dorri, which is native to West Africa.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Bamanophis Schätti & J.-F. Trape, 2008[2] |
| Species: | B. dorri
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| Binomial name | |
| Bamanophis dorri (Lataste, 1888)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, dorri, is in honor of French military officer Emile Dorr (1857–1907), who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range
editB. dorri is found in northern Benin, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and northern Togo.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of B. dorri is rocky areas in savanna.[1]
Description
editDorsally, B. dorri is gray or reddish, with a series of X-shaped dark spots.[4] Ventrally, it is yellowish white.[5] Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 73.5 cm (28.9 in).[4][5]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Wilms, T.; Wagner, P. (2013). "Bamanophis dorri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13264896A13264903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13264896A13264903.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Bamanophis dorri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Coluber dorri, p. 75).
- ^ a b Boulenger GA (1893).
- ^ a b Lataste F (1888).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Zamenis dorri, pp. 410–411.
- Lataste F (1888). "Description d'un ophidien diacrantérien nouveau ( Periops dorri, n. sp.) Originaire du Haut-Sénégal ". Le Naturaliste, Deuxième Série 10: 227–228. (Periops dorri, new species). (in French).
- Schätti B, Trape J-F (2008). "Bamanophis, a new genus for the West African colubrid Periops dorri Lataste, 1888 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115 (4): 595–615.
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