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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 31st, 2023.


Taxonomy of the family Lamprophiidae
Bibliography of the genus Dromophis
Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae








Genus
Dromophis

Olympic Snakes

Olympianattern

Olympiasnoge

1843 Philodendros Fitzinger (type species: Dendrophis praeornata Schlegel 1837; rejected to protect Dromophis; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1986): Opinion 1384)
Philodendrus Agassiz 1846 [emendation]
1869 Dromophis Peters (type species: Dendrophis praeornata Schlegel 1837)
Contents: 2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of Psammophis by Kelly, Barker, Villet, Broadley & Branch (2008), but retained herein as a valid genus, following Hughes (2013) and Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Distribution: SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Dromophis lineatus

Lined Olympic Snake, Striped Olympic Snake, Striped Olympic Sand Snake, (Buff-striped Grass Snake)

Gestreifte Olympianatter

Stribet Olympiasnog

1854 Dryophylax lineatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril
Philodryas lineatus Jan 1863
Dromophis lineatus Boulenger 1896
Psammophis lineatus Kelly, Barker, Villet, Broadley & Branch 2008
1901 Psammophis sibilans tumbensis Schenkel (Broadley 1983)
1902 Psammophis brevirostris temporalis Werner (Broadley 1983)

Remarks: Only a single record from Angola (Bogert 1940) without exact locality (Branch 2018).
Distribution: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.


Dromophis praeornatus

Ornate Olympic Snake, Ornate Grass Snake, African Swamp Snake

Geschmückte Olympianatter

Pragt-olympiasnog

1837 Dendrophis praeornata Schlegel
Philodendros praeornata Fitzinger 1843
Oxyrhopus praeornatus Duméril & Bibron 1854
Chrysopelea praeornata Günther 1858
Dromophis praeornatus Peters 1869
Psammophis praeornatus Kelly, Barker, Villet, Broadley & Branch 2008
1921 Dromophis praeornatus gribinguiensis Angel
Psammophis praeornatus gribinguiensis Kelly, Barker, Villet, Broadley & Branch 2008

Other common names:
gribinguiensis: Eastern Ornate Olympic Snake
Distribution: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo.