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
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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: | Thelotornis |
| Species: | T. mossambicanus
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| Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage, 1895)
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Geographic range
editT. mossambicanus is found in southeastern Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, southern Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, and eastern Zimbabwe.[2]
References
edit- ^ Wagner, P.; Branch, W.R.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Thelotornis mossambicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13265676A13265686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265676A13265686.en. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ a b Species Thelotornis mossambicanus at The Reptile Database
Further reading
edit- 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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