| Boaedon olivaceus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Genus: | Boaedon |
| Species: | B. olivaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Boaedon olivaceus | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Boaedon olivaceus is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Africa.
Eli Greenbaum and colleagues described the taxonomy of this species as being "relatively stable for over a century". [5] Auguste Duméril described this species in 1856, making it the type species of his newly-circumscribed genus Holuropholis. Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte collected the holotype. [2] The junior synonym Boodon poensis was described by Albert Günther in 1888,. [3] George Albert Boulenger synonymized the two species, classifying it in the genus Boodon. [4] [5] Arthur Loveridge classified it in the genus Boaedon in 1957. [6]
In 1974, M. C. Stucki-Stirn described a subspecies B. olivaceus stirnensis, but it was synonymized with the species itself in 2014. [5]
The type locality of this species is Gabon, [2] and the type locality of its junior synonym B. poensis is Bioko. [3]
It is found in Central and West and East Africa. [5] Countries it has been recorded in include: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [7] Central African Republic, [8] Gabon, [9] Guinea, [10] and Togo. [11]
It is found in and near rainforests. [5]
Its total length is 850 mm (33 in). It has small eyes, [12] which can be orange, red, or reddish-brown. Its dorsum is glossy and colored dark gray or a dark, greyish-brown. [5]
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