Elapsoidea broadleyi is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Elapsoidea |
| Species: | E. broadleyi
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| Elapsoidea broadleyi Jakobsen, 1997
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Etymology
editThe specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of African herpetologist Donald George Broadley.[3]
Geographic range
editHabitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of E. broadleyi is savanna.[1]
Description
editDorsally, E. broadleyi is uniformly pale brown. Ventrally, it is creamy white. The holotype has a total length (including tail) of 77 cm (30 in).[2]
Behavior
editE, broadleyi is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Spawls, S. (2021). "Elapsoidea broadleyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13265824A13265826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13265824A13265826.en. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Elapsoidea broadleyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elapsoidea broadleyi, p. 39).
Further reading
edit- Dobiey, Maik; Vogel, Gernot (2007). Venomous Snakes of Africa: Giftschlangen Afrikas. (Terralog Volume 15). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 148 pp. ISBN 978-3939759041. (in English and German).
- Jakobsen A (1997). "A review of some East African members of the genus Elapsoidea Bocage with the description of a new species from Somalia and a key for the genus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae)" Steenstrupia 22: 59–82. (Elapsoidea broadleyi, new species).
- Spawls S, Mazuch T, Mohammad A (2023). Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 640 pp. ISBN 978-3899734706.
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