Bamanophis

Bamanophis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Bamanophis Schätti & J.-F. Trape, 2008 [2]
Species:	B. dorri
Binomial name
Bamanophis dorri (Lataste, 1888)
Synonyms [2]
Periops dorri Lataste, 1888 Zamenis dorri — Boulenger, 1893 Coluber dorri — Dekeyser & Villiers, 1954 Eremiophis dorri — Welch, 1983 Haemorrhois dorri — Mierte, 1992 Bamanophis dorri — Schätti & J.–F. Trape

Bamanophis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus contains the sole species Bamanophis dorri, which is native to West Africa. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, dorri, is in honor of French military officer Emile Dorr (1857–1907), who collected the holotype. ^[3]

Geographic range

B. dorri is found in northern Benin, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and northern Togo. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. dorri is rocky areas in savanna. ^[1]

Description

Dorsally, B. dorri is gray or reddish, with a series of X-shaped dark spots. ^[4] Ventrally, it is yellowish white. ^[5] Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of 73.5 cm (28.9 in). ^{[4] [5]}

Reproduction

B. dorri is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Wilms, T.; Wagner, P. (2013). "Bamanophis dorri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T13264896A13264903. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13264896A13264903.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Bamanophis dorri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Coluber dorri, p. 75).
4. Boulenger GA (1893).
5. Lataste F (1888).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Zamenis dorri, pp. 410–411.
• Lataste F (1888). "Description d'un ophidien diacrantérien nouveau ( Periops dorri, n. sp.) Originaire du Haut-Sénégal ". Le Naturaliste, Deuxième Série10: 227–228. (Periops dorri, new species). (in French).
• Schätti B, Trape J-F (2008). "Bamanophis, a new genus for the West African colubrid Periops dorri Lataste, 1888 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie 115 (4): 595–615.