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    Species Accepted

    Homoroselaps lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Spotted Harlequin Snake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Gefleckte Harlekinkobra German
      Gefleckte Harlekinschlange German
      Gevlekte Kousbandjie Afrikaans
      Spotted Harlequin Snake English
      korálovčík řetízkový Czech
      Южная карликовая змея Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      27 results
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      Dobiey, M., & Vogel, G. (2007). Venomous Snakes of Africa - Giftschlangen Afrikas. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 15, 150 Pp.
      de Vis, & Charles Walter de. (1905). A new genus of lizard. On Typhlops torresianus. Ann. Queensland Museum (Brisbane) 6: 48.
      Wilkey, Rupert, & Sarah Nann. (2025). Field Guide to the Snakes of Eswatini. Pelagic, 208 Pp., DOI: 10.53061/FWDV3720.
      Loveridge, A. (1936). African reptiles and amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1-122.
      Massimo Capalbo. (2024). The World’s Most Dangerous Snakes - Volume I: From the fast-lightning Black Mamba to the insidious Hook-nosed Sea Snake, through the formidable Coastal Taipan. Privately Published, 252 Pp.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1887). Synopsis of the snakes of South Africa. The Zoologist, London, (3) 11: 171-182.
      McDowell, S. B. (1968). Affinities of the snakes usually called Elaps lacteus and E. dorsalis. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 47: 561-578.
      Branch, W. R. (1991). Venoms and Snakebite: Homoroselaps lacteus: Envenomation. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (39): 28-28.
      Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.

      Citation

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