Dwarf beaked snake

Dipsina multimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Psammophiinae
Genus:	Dipsina; Jan, 1862
Species:	D. multimaculata
Binomial name
	Dipsina multimaculata; (A. Smith, 1847)
Synonyms
	Coronella multimaculata ; A. Smith, 1847; Rhamphiophis multimaculatus ; – Sternfeld, 1910; Dipsina multimaculata ; – Branch, 1987;

The dwarf beaked snake (Dipsina multimaculata), also called the western beaked snake, is a species of colubrid snake, which is endemic to southern Africa.^[3] It is in the monotypic genus Dipsina.

Geographic range

It is found in southwestern Botswana, Namibia, and western and central South Africa.^[4]

References

^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ The Reptile Database.
^ Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second Impression. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5 (Dipsina multimaculata, p. 87 & Plates 15, 17.)
^ Branch, 2004.

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[1] The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[2] The Reptile Database.

[3] Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second Impression. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5 (Dipsina multimaculata, p. 87 & Plates 15, 17.)

[4] Branch, 2004.

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