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    Species Accepted

    Psammophis sibilans (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Egyptian Hissing Sand Snake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

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      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      Cabo VerdeYes

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Egyptian Hissing Sand Snake English
      Gestreifte Sandrennatter German
      Hissing Sand Snake English
      Psammophis rayé
      Schmuck-Sandrennnatter German
      Striped Sand Snake English

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Werner, F. (1899). Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Deutsch-Neu-Guinea grösstentheils aus dem k. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Verhandlungen Der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 49: 132-157.
      Hoser, R. T. (2012). A division of the African genus Psammophis Boie, 1825 into 4 genera and four further subgenera. Australasian J. Herpetol. 12:26–31.
      Brandstätter, F. (1995). Life History Notes - Psammophis sibilans brevirostris. African Herp News (22): 48-48.
      Johann, H. (1981). Herpetologische Eindrücke auf einer Reise durch die Sahara. Herpetofauna 3 (13): 17-21.
      Broadley, D. G. (1991). The Herpetofauna of Northern Mwinilunga Distr., Northw. Zambia. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (37): 519-538.
      Trape, J.-F. (2023). Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 Pp.
      SANDERS, KATE L.; ARNE R. RASMUSSEN, JOHAN ELMBERG, MUMPUNI, MICHAEL GUINEA, PETER BLIAS, MICHAEL S.Y. LEE & BRYAN G. FRY. (2012). Aipysurus mosaicus, a new species of egg-eating sea snake (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with a redescription of Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849). Zootaxa 3431: 1–18.
      Brandstätter, & Frank. (1996). Was Linnaeus wrong? - Errors and mistakes in the first description of Psammophis sibilans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae). LINNEAN 12 (3), October, 1996: 36-39.
      Segniagbeto GLazcano. H., Trape J. F., David P., Ohler A., Dubois A. & Glitho I. A. (2011). The snake fauna of Togo: systematics, distribution and biogeography, with remarks on selected taxonomic problems. Zoosystema 33 (3): 325-360. DOI: 10.5252/Z2011n3a4.

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