Toxicodryas blandingii

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Toxicodryas blandingii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Toxicodryas
Species:
T. blandingii
Binomial name
Toxicodryas blandingii
(Hallowell, 1844)
Synonyms [2]
  • Dipsas blandingii
    Hallowell, 1844
  • Toxicodryas blandingii
    Hallowell, 1857
  • Dipsadomorphus blandingii
    F. Werner, 1899
  • Boiga blandingii
    Schmidt, 1923
  • Toxicodryas blandingii
    Wallach et al., 2014

Toxicodryas blandingii, commonly known as **Blanding's cat snake** and **Blanding's tree snake**, is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Etymology

The specific name, blandingii, is in honor of William Blanding (1772–1857), an American physician and naturalist. [3]

Geographic range

T. blandingii is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. blandingii are forest and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 2,200 m (7,200 ft). However, it is also found in gardens, parks, and in and around houses. [1]

Description

T. blandingii is a long and slender species. The longest specimen measured by Boulenger (1896) had a total length of 2.2 m (7.2 ft), including a tail 0.5 m (1.6 ft) long.

Diet

T. blandingii preys upon lizards including dwarf chameleons, small mammals including bats, and birds. [1]

Reproduction

T. blandingii is oviparous. [2] Clutch size is 7–14 eggs. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rödel, M-O.; Luiselli, L; Segniagbeto, G; Howell, K; Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W. (2021). "Toxicodryas blandingii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Toxicodryas blandingii at The Reptile Database
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.

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