Species

Dendrolycus elapoides

Dendrolycus elapoides · described by (GÜNTHER 1874)

Alopecion guttatum, a close relative of Dendrolycus elapoides

Pictured: Alopecion guttatum, a close relative from the same family. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Artist's reconstruction.

Photo: Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.; Curtis, Charles M.; Day & Haghe; Ford, G. H.; Great Britain.; Macleay, William Sharp; Smith, Andrew; Stewart and Murray; Wagstaff, Charles Edward, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Dendrolycus elapoides
First described
(GÜNTHER 1874)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Lamprophiidae
Genus
Dendrolycus
Subspecies
  • Dendrolycus elapoides angusticinctus (LAURENT 1952)
  • Dendrolycus elapoides elapoides (GÜNTHER 1874)

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree