The short racer (Platyceps brevis), is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northeastern Africa.
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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: | Platyceps |
| Species: | P. brevis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platyceps brevis (Boulenger, 1895)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Geographic range
editP. brevis is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.[2]
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Platyceps brevis brevis (Boulenger, 1895)
- Playceps brevis smithi (Boulenger, 1895)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Platyceps.
Reproduction
editEtymology
editThe subspecific name, smithi, is in honor of American physician Arthur Donaldson Smith.[3]
References
edit- ^ Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Platyceps brevis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18032666A18032676. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18032666A18032676.en. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Platyceps brevis at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 smithi, p. 247).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1895). "Rettili e Batraci ". In: "Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii della Società Geografica Italiana, risultati zoologici ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2, 15: frontispiece map + xviii + 558 pp. + Plates I-V. (Zamenis brevis, new species, pp. 13–14 + Plate III, figures 3, 3a, 3b). (title in Italian, text in English).
- Boulenger GA (1895). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Western Somali-land and the Galla Country". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1895: 530-540 + Plates XXIX-XXX. (Zamenis smithi, new species, pp. 536–537 + Plate XXX, figures 2, 2a).
- Schätti B, Charvet C (2003). "Systematics of Platyceps brevis (Boulenger 1895) and related East African racers (Serpentes Colubrinae)". Tropical Zoology 16: 93–111.
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