Dispholidus typus

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dispholidus
Species:
Subspecies (2): D. t. kivuensis – D. t. typus

Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1828)

• Holotype: RSM, ♂.
• Type locality: “in the eastern districts of South Africa”, restricted to “Old Latakoo, South Africa”.

• Bucephalus typus Smith, 1828: 2 [original combination]
• Dispholidus typus — Boulenger, 1896: 187 [subsequent combination]

• Bucephalus bellii Smith, 1828: 2
• Bucephalus gutturalis Smith, 1828: 2
• Bucephalus jardineii Smith, 1828: 2
• Dispholidus lalandii Duvernoy, 1832: 150
• Dendrophis colubrina Schlegel, 1837: 238
• Bucephalus capensis Smith, 1841: pl. x
• Bucephalus viridis Smith, 1841: pl. iii
• Dendrophis pseudodipsas Bianconi, 1849: 108
• Thrasops jacksonii mossambicus Mertens, 1937: 13
• Dispholidus typus occidentalis Perret, 1961: 138

• Smith, A. 1828. Descriptions of new or imperfectly known objects of the animal kingdom, found in the south of Africa. S. Afr. Commerc. Advert. 3(144): 2.
• Duvernoy, G.L. 1832. Mémoire sur les caractères tirés de l’anatomie pour distinguer les serpents venimeux des serpents non venimeux. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie) 26: 113–160.
• Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Volume 2. M.H. Schonekat: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 606 pp. BHL Reference page.  
• Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 3. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page. 
• Bianconi, G.G. 1849. Lettera al Dottore Filippo de–Filippi, Professore di Zoologia a Torino sopra alcune nuove specie di rettili del Mozambico. Nuovi Annali dell Scienze Naturali Series 2 10: 106–109.
• Mertens, R. 1937. Ueber eine herpetologische Sammlung aus dem Gebiete des Njarasa-Grabens Ost-Afrika. Veröffentlichungen Deutschen Kolonial- und Übersee-Museum in Bremen 2(1): 1–9.
• Perret, J.-L. 1961. Études herpétologiques africaines III. 1. La faune ophidienne de la région camerounaise. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 84: 133–138.

• Broadley, D.G. & Wallach, V. 2002. Review of the Dispholidini, with the description of a new genus and species from Tanzania (Serpentes, Colubridae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoological series 66(2): 57–74. DOI: 10.1017/S0968047002000079 BHL Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

• Luiselli, L., Jallow, M., Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Johnny, J., Segniagbeto, G., Howell, K., Msuya, C.A. & Ngalason, W. 2021. IUCN: Dispholidus typus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T190603A15357215. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T190603A15357215.en. Accessed on 02 July 2025.