Psammophis zambiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Psammophiidae
Genus: Psammophis
Species:

Psammophis zambiensis Hughes & Wade, 2002: 75

Holotype: BMNH 1959.1.1.81 (formerly IRSNB), ♀, collected by H.J. Bredo between 1943–1944.
Type locality: supposedly from “Abercorn [= Mbala]” (in error); probably from “Mweru Wantipa”, Mporokoso District, N Northern Province, Zambia, fide Vesey-FitzGerald in Hughes & Wade (2002: 79).

Hughes, B. & Wade, E. 2002. On the African leopard whip snake, Psammophis leopardinus Bocage, 1887 (Serpentes, Colubridae), with the description of a new species from Zambia. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoological series 68(2): 75–81. DOI: 10.1017/S0968047002000080 Reference page.

Kusamba, C. 2021. IUCN: Psammophis zambiensis (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44980087A44980091. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T44980087A44980091.en. Accessed on 17 June 2025.