Tanzania collections

Tanzania
Reptile / general collection

Tanzania has a rich fauna of reptiles, which comes as no surprise as reptiles generally prosper in warm and dry habitats. But it is remarkable that also the relatively moist and cool habitats of the Eastern Arc have a very high diversity. Strictly Eastern Arc endemic reptiles include ten species of chameleons (seven Chamaeleo and at least five Rhampholeon), three species of worm snakes (Typhlops), and six species of colubrid snakes in four genera. A very conspicuous feature of the Eastern Arc is the chameleons, which here show the highest number of species outside Madagascar. Three new species of pygmy chameleon were recently described from the Pare, Nguru and Mahenge Mountains.

For more information, please contact Professor, Dr. scient., Jon Fjeldså or assistant curator Mogens Andersen.

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	Suborder	Family	Current name	Synonym used in ZMUC collection	Material in ZMUC	Additional information Large images
1	Ophidia	Typhlopidae	Ramphotyphlops braminus Daudin, 1803	Current name used	Material
2	Ophidia	Typhlopidae	Rhinotyphlops nigrocandidus Broadley & Wallach, 2000	Typhlops nigrocandidus (Paratype) Broadley & Wallach, 2000	Material
3	Ophidia	Typhlopidae	Rhinotyphlops schlegelii mucruso (Peters, 1854)	Typhlops schlegelii mucruso Loveridge, 1933	Material
4	Ophidia	Typhlopidae	Typhlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)	Current name used	Material
5	Ophidia	Typhlopidae	Typhlops gierrai Mocquard, 1897	Current name used	Material
6	Ophidia	Typhlopidae	Typhlops lineolatus lineolatus Jan, 1864	Current name used	Material

7	Ophidia	Leptotyphlopidae	Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Peters, 1854)	Current name used	Material

8	Ophidia	Boidae	Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789)	Current name used	Material

9	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Amblyodipsas polylepis hildebrandtii (Peters, 1873)	Amblyodipsas polylepis hildebrandti (Peters, 1873)	Material
10	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Aparallactus capensis Smith, 1849	Aparallactus capensis capensis Smith, 1849	Material
11	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Aparallactus guentheri Boulenger, 1895	Current name used	Material
12	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Aparallactus jacksonii jacksonii (Günther, 1888)	Aparallactus jacksoni jacksoni (Günther, 1888)	Material
13	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Aparallactus lunulatus (Peters, 1854)	Current name used	Material
14	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Aparallactus werneri Boulenger, 1895	Current name used	Material
15	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Atractaspis irregularis Reinhardt, 1843	Atractaspis irregularis bipostocularis Boulenger, 1905	Material
16	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Atractaspis aterrima Günther, 1863	Current name used	Material
17	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Atractaspis bibronii Smith, 1849	Current name used	Material
18	Ophidia	Atractaspididae	Polemon christyi (Boulenger, 1903)	Current name used	Material

19	Ophidia	Viperidae	Adenorhinos barbouri Loveridge, 1930	Current name used	Material
20	Ophidia	Viperidae	Atheris ceratophora Werner, 1895	Atheris ceratophorus Werner, 1895	Material
21	Ophidia	Viperidae	Atheris nitschei Tornier, 1902	Atheris nitschei nitschei Tornier 1902	Material
22	Ophidia	Viperidae	Atheris rungweensis Bogert, 1940	Atheris nitschei rungweensis Bogert 1940	Material
23	Ophidia	Viperidae	Bitis arietans Merrem, 1820	Current name used	Material
24	Ophidia	Viperidae	Bitis gabonica (Dumeril & Bibron, 1854)	Current name used	Material
25	Ophidia	Viperidae	Bitis nasicornis Shaw, 1802	Current name used	Material
26	Ophidia	Viperidae	Causus defilippii Jan, 1862	Current name used	Material
27	Ophidia	Viperidae	Causus resimus Peters, 1862	Current name used	Material
28	Ophidia	Viperidae	Causus rhombeatus Lichtenstein, 1823	Current name used	Material

29	Ophidia	Elapidae	Dendroaspis angusticeps Smith, 1849	Current name used	Material
30	Ophidia	Elapidae	Dendroaspis polylepis Günther, 1864	Current name used	Material
31	Ophidia	Elapidae	Elapsoidea boulengeri Boettger, 1895	Elapsoidea semiannulata boulengeri Boettger 1895	Material
32	Ophidia	Elapidae	Elapsoidea loveridgei loveridgei Parker, 1949	Current name used	Material
33	Ophidia	Elapidae	Elapsoidea nigra Günther, 1888	Current name used	Material
34	Ophidia	Elapidae	Naja melanoleuca Hallowell, 1857	Current name used	Material
35	Ophidia	Elapidae	Naja haje (Linné, 1758)	Current name used	Material
36	Ophidia	Elapidae	Naja mossambica Peters, 1854	Current name used	Material
37	Ophidia	Elapidae	Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843	Current name used	Material
38	Ophidia	Elapidae	Naja pallida Boulenger, 1896	Current name used	Material

39	Ophidia	Colubridae	Buhoma procterae Loveridge, 1922	Current name used	Material
40	Ophidia	Colubridae	Buhoma vauerocegae (Tornier, 1902)	Geodipsas vauerocegae Tornier 1902	Material
41	Ophidia	Colubridae	Crotaphopeltis degeni (Boulenger, 1906)	Current name used	Material
42	Ophidia	Colubridae	Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)	Current name used	Material
43	Ophidia	Colubridae	Crotaphopeltis tornieri (Werner, 1908)	Current name used	Material
44	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912	Current name used	Material
45	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dasypeltis scabra (Linné, 1758)	Current name used	Material
46	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dasypeltis medici lamuensis Gans, 1957	Current name used	Material
47	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dasypeltis medici Bianconi, 1859	Current name used	Material
48	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dipsadoboa aulica (Günther, 1864)	Current name used	Material
49	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dipsadoboa flavida broadleyi Rasmussen, 1989	Current name used	Material
50	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dipsadoboa shrevei shrevei (Loveridge, 1932)	Current name used	Material
51	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dipsadoboa shrevei kageleri (Uthmöller, 1939)	Current name used	Material
52	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther, 1858	Current name used	Material
53	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dipsadoboa werneri (Boulenger, 1897)	Current name used	Material
54	Ophidia	Colubridae	Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1829)	Current name used	Material
55	Ophidia	Colubridae	Duberria lutrix atriventris (Sternfeld, 1912)	Current name used	Material
56	Ophidia	Colubridae	Duberria lutrix shirana (Boulenger, 1894)	Current name used	Material
57	Ophidia	Colubridae	Grayia smithii (Leach, 1818)	Grayia smythii (Leach 1818)	Material
58	Ophidia	Colubridae	Grayia tholloni Mocquard, 1897	Current name used	Material
59	Ophidia	Colubridae	Hapsidophrys lineatus Fischer, 1856	Hapsidophrys lineata Fischer, 1856	Material
60	Ophidia	Colubridae	Hemirhagerrhis kelleri Boettger, 1893	Current name used	Material
61	Ophidia	Colubridae	Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia Günther, 1864	Current name used	Material
62	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycodonomorphus bicolor Günther, 1893	Current name used	Material
63	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycodonomorphus whytii whytii Boulenger, 1897	Current name used	Material
64	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycophidion capense capense (Smith, 1831)	Current name used	Material
65	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycophidion capense jacksoni Boulenger, 1893	Current name used	Material
66	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycophidion capense loveridgei Laurent, 1968	Current name used	Material
67	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycophidion meleagris Boulenger, 1893	Lycophidion meleagre Broadley & Howell 1991	Material
68	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycophidion taylori Broadley & Hughes, 1993	Current name used	Material
69	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycophidion ornatum Parker, 1936	Current name used	Material
70	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lycophidion uzungwense Loveridge, 1932	Current name used	Material
71	Ophidia	Colubridae	Lamprophis fuliginosus Boie, 1827	Current name used	Material
72	Ophidia	Colubridae	Mehelya capensis Smith, 1847	Current name used	Material
73	Ophidia	Colubridae	Mehelya capensis unicolor (Boulenger, 1910)	Mehelya unicolor (Boulenger 1910)	Material
74	Ophidia	Colubridae	Mehelya nyassae Günther, 1888	Current name used	Material
75	Ophidia	Colubridae	Meizodon semiornatus (Peters, 1854)	Meizodon semiornatus semiornatus (Peters, 1854)	Material
76	Ophidia	Colubridae	Natriciteres olivacea (Peters, 1854)	Current name used	Material
77	Ophidia	Colubridae	Natriciteres variegata sylvatica Broadley, 1966	Current name used	Material
78	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus angolensis Bocage, 1882	Current name used	Material
79	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus battersbyi Loveridge, 1951	Current name used	Material
80	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus carinatus (Anderson, 1901)	Current name used	Material
81	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell, 1857)	Current name used	Material
82	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther, 1863)	Current name used	Material
83	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863)	Current name used	Material
84	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus macrops (Boulenger, 1895)	Current name used	Material
85	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus nitidus Günther, 1863	Current name used	Material
86	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus ornatus Bocage, 1872	Current name used	Material
87	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus punctatus Peters, 1867	Current name used	Material
88	Ophidia	Colubridae	Philothamnus semivariegatus Smith, 1847	Current name used	Material
89	Ophidia	Colubridae	Prosymna ambigua bocagii Bocage, 1873	Current name used	Material
90	Ophidia	Colubridae	Prosymna ambigua stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)	Current name used	Material
91	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophylax tritaeniatus Günther, 1868	Current name used	Material
92	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophylax variabilis variabilis Günther, 1893	Current name used	Material
93	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophylax variabilis multisquamis Loveridge, 1932	Current name used	Material
94	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophis angolensis Bocage, 1872	Current name used	Material
95	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophis biseriatus Peters, 1881	Psammophis biseriatus biseriatus Peters, 1881	Material
96	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophis sibilans Linné, 1758	Current name used	Material
97	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophis subtaeniatus orientalis Broadley, 1977	Current name used	Material
98	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophis phillipsi Hallowe,l 1844	Current name used	Material
99	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophis punctulatus trivirgatus (Peters, 1878)	Current name used	Material
100	Ophidia	Colubridae	Psammophis rukwae Broadley, 1966	Current name used	Material
101	Ophidia	Colubridae	Pseudaspis cana Linnaeus, 1758	Current name used	Material
102	Ophidia	Colubridae	Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus Fischer, 1884	Current name used	Material
103	Ophidia	Colubridae	Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus rostratus (Peters, 1854)	Current name used	Material
104	Ophidia	Colubridae	Scaphiophis albopunctatus Peters, 1870	Current name used	Material
105	Ophidia	Colubridae	Telescopus semiannulatus Smith, 1849	Current name used	Material
106	Ophidia	Colubridae	Thelotornis capensis mossambicanus (Bocage, 1895)	Thelotornis capensis Smith, 1849	Material
107	Ophidia	Colubridae	Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell, 1844)	Current name used	Material
108	Ophidia	Colubridae	Thrasops jacksonii Günther, 1895	Thrasops jacksoni Günther, 1895	Material

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