Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii

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Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Psammophiidae
Genus: Hemirhagerrhis
Species:
H. hildebrandtii
Binomial name
Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii
(W. Peters, 1878)

Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii, commonly known as the Kenyan bark snake, is a species of snake in the family Psammophiidae. [1] [2] It is indigenous to areas within South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and northeast Tanzania. Type locality is from "Kitui (Ukamba)" [Kenya]. Habitat is partially arboreal [3] .

References

  1. "Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii". Reptile database. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  2. "Kenyan Bark Snake (Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  3. Harrington, Sean M; de Haan, Jordyn M; Shapiro, Lindsey; Ruane, Sara (27 August 2018). "Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125 (1): 61–71. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/bly097.