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{{Taxobox
| name = Red-Black Striped Snake
| name = Red-black striped snake
| display_parents = 2
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| genus = Bothrophthalmus
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| parent_authority = [[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], 1863
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| species = lineatus
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| authority = [[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1856
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Colubridae]]
| subfamilia = [[Boodontinae]]
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| genus = '''''Bothrophthalmus'''''
| species = '''''B. lineatus'''''
| binomial = ''Bothrophthalmus lineatus''
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| binomial_authority = [[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], [[1856]]
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The ''' Red-Black Striped Snake''' or, '''Bothrophthalmus lineatus''', is the monotypical member of the genus ''Bothrophthalmus.'' This snake is found in the East African counrys of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Angola, Guinea. It is a harmless snake, black with 5 red striped down the back. It lives n forests and forest islands from 700 to 2300 meters attitude often near water. A terrestrial and nocturnal snake, and when not active hides in holes, leaf litter, in or under rotting logs. It is said that it bites furiously if handled (although it is harmless). Lays clutches with 5 eggs or so and it eats small forest animals such as shrews and mice.
The '''red-black striped snake''' ('''''Bothrophthalmus lineatus''''') is the monotypical member of the genus ''Bothrophthalmus.'' This snake is found in the Sub-Saharan African countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Angola and Guinea. It is a harmless snake, black with five red stripes down its back. It lives in forests and forest islands from 700 to 2300 m altitude, often near water. A terrestrial and nocturnal snake, when not active, it hides in holes, [[leaf litter]], and in or under rotting logs. It may bite furiously if handled (although it is harmless). Females lay clutches of about five eggs; it eats small forest animals such as shrews and mice.<ref>{{cite book|last=Spawls|first=Stephen|title=A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa|year=2004|orig-year=2002|publisher=A & C Black|location=London|pages=315–316}}</ref>


There are two recognized [[subspecies]]:
The two recognized [[subspecies]] are:


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*''Bothrophthalmus lineatus brunneus'' ([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1863)
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*''Bothrophthalmus lineatus lineatus'' ([[Wilhelm Peters|Peters]], 1863)
Spawls, Stephen, 2004. The Field Guide to the Reptile of East Africa.,A & C Black, London. pp. 316


==References==
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*''[[Bothrophthalmus lineatus brunneus]]'' ([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], [[1863]])
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*''[[Bothrophthalmus lineatus lineatus]]'' ([[Wilhem Carl Hartwig Peters|Peters]], [[1863]])


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[[Category:Colubrids]]

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[[Category:Lamprophiidae]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1856]]




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Latest revision as of 13:50, 22 March 2023

Red-black striped snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Subfamily: Lamprophiinae
Genus: Bothrophthalmus
Peters, 1863
Species:
B. lineatus
Binomial name
Bothrophthalmus lineatus
Schlegel, 1856

The red-black striped snake (Bothrophthalmus lineatus) is the monotypical member of the genus Bothrophthalmus. This snake is found in the Sub-Saharan African countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Angola and Guinea. It is a harmless snake, black with five red stripes down its back. It lives in forests and forest islands from 700 to 2300 m altitude, often near water. A terrestrial and nocturnal snake, when not active, it hides in holes, leaf litter, and in or under rotting logs. It may bite furiously if handled (although it is harmless). Females lay clutches of about five eggs; it eats small forest animals such as shrews and mice.[1]

The two recognized subspecies are:

  • Bothrophthalmus lineatus brunneus (Günther, 1863)
  • Bothrophthalmus lineatus lineatus (Peters, 1863)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Spawls, Stephen (2004) [2002]. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. London: A & C Black. pp. 315–316.


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