Telescopus beetzi

Telescopus beetzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Telescopus
Species: T. beetzi
Binomial name
Telescopus beetzi
(Barbour, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tarbophis beetzii
    Barbour, 1922
  • Telescopus beetzi
    — Branch, 1987

Telescopus beetzi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, beetzi, is in honor of German geologist Paul Friedrich Werner Beetz (1887–1954), who collected the holotype.[2][3]

Common names

Common names for T. beetzi include Beetz's tiger snake,[2] Karoo tiger snake,[1] and Namib tiger snake.[1]

Geographic range

T. beetzi is found in Namibia and South Africa.[1]

Description

T. beetzi is a slender, medium-sized snake. Females are larger than males. The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 59 cm (23 in) for a female, but the maximum recorded SVL is only 43.5 cm (17.1 in) for a male. The dorsal scales are arranged in 21 rows at midbody, and the anal plate is undivided.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Species Telescopus beetzi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 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. (Telescopus beetzi, p. 22).
  3. ↑ "Beetz, Dr Paul Friedrich Werner (geology)". S2A3 Biographical Database of South African Science. www.s2a3.or.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=203.
  4. ↑ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Telescopus beetzii, p. 98 + Plate 19).

Further reading

  • Barbour T (1922). "A New Snake from Southwest Africa". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 229-230. (Tarbophis beetzii, new species, p. 230).


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