Platyceps largeni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Platyceps |
| Species: | P. largeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Platyceps largeni (Schätti, 2001)
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Platyceps largeni, also known commonly as the Dahlak racer, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Eritrea.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, largeni, is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm John Largen.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]P. largeni is found in the Dahlak Archipelago in Eritrea.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of P. largeni are shrubland and the supratidal zone.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Spawls, S. (2021). "Platyceps largeni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18032696A18032704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18032696A18032704.en. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d Species Platyceps largeni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Coluber largeni, p. 151).
Further reading
[edit]- Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Platyceps largeni, new combination, p. 511).
- Maza, Erez; Feldman, Anat; Meiri, Shai (2015). "Platyceps largeni (Schätti, 2001) – sixth specimen and a distribution extension". Check List 11 (1): 1517.
- Schätti B (2001). "A new species of Coluber (sensu lato) from the Dahlak Islands, Erirea, with a review of the herpetofauna of the archipelago". Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 (2): 139–148. (Coluber largeni, new species, pp. 142–144, Figures 2–3).
- Spawls S, Mazuch T, Mohammad A (2023). Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 640 pp. ISBN 978-1472991447. (Platyceps largeni, p. 465).
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