Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Meizodon
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African Smooth Snakes, Bush Snakes
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Afrikanische Glattnattern
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Afrikanske Glatsnoge
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1856 |  |
Meizodon Fischer (type species: Meizodon regularis Fischer 1856) |
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1863 | |
Calonotus Jan (type species: Calamaria coronata Schlegel 1837) |
Contents:
5 species, of which 1 (20.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from:
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mozambique,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga),
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Meizodon coronatus
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West African Crowned Smooth Snake, Western Crowned Snake, Coronated Smooth Snake
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Westafrikanische Glattnatter
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Vestafrikansk Glatsnog
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1837 | |
Calamaria coronata Schlegel |
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Coronella coronata Boulenger 1894 |
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Meizodon coronata Bogert 1940 |
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1858 | |
Coryphodon margaritiferus Günther (Loveridge 1957) |
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1860 | |
Coronella bitorquata Günther (Loveridge 1957) |
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1863 | |
Coronella elegans Jan (Loveridge 1957) |
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1933 | |
Coronella regularis praeornata Angel (Loveridge 1957) |
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1951 | |
Meizodon coronata camerunensis Monard (Loveridge 1957) |
Remarks:
Preiously included regularis. Many specimens referred to as coronatus in older litterature (e.g., Bogert 1940, Chabanaud 1921, Hughes 1983, Monard 1951, Pitman 1974, Steindachner 1870, Stucki-Stirn 1979) are in fact regularis (Schätti 1985).
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
Togo.
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Meizodon krameri
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Tana Delta Smooth Snake
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Tana-Glattnatter
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Tana-glatsnog
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1985 | |
Meizodon krameri Schätti |
Distribution:
Kenya.
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Meizodon plumbiceps
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Black-headed Smooth Snake
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Schwarzköpfige Glattnatter
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Sorthovedet Glatsnog
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1893 | |
Coronella plumbiceps Boettger |
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Meizodon semiornatus plumbeiceps [sic] Loveridge 1957 |
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Meizodon plumbiceps Hoevers & Johnson 1982 |
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1932 | |
Coronella somalica Scortecci (Largen & Rasmussen 1993) |
Remarks:
Schätti (1985) expected that the single specimen of plumbiceps reported from Yemen (Scortecci 1932) actually came from Somalia.
Another specimen reported from Yemen (Spano 1972) was based on a misidentified specimen of the
Platyceps variabilis complex (Gasperetti 1988).
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Nigeria,
Somalia.
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Meizodon regularis
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East African Crowned Smooth Snake, Eastern Crowned Snake
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Ostafrikanische Glattnatter
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Østafrikansk Glatsnog
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Meizodon regularis Fischer |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of coronatus (e.g., Loveridge 1957).
Revalidated as a separate species by Roux-Esteve (1969).
Only a single record from Kenya (Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002).
Chippaux & Jackson (2019) included Guinea-Bissau in the distribution, but no localities in the country were shown in their map.
No other references have been found to support the presence of the species in Guinea-Bissau.
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ethiopia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Mali,
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
Togo,
Uganda.
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Meizodon semiornatus
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Semi-ornate Smooth Snake, Semi-ornate Snake, Southern Semi-ornate Snake, Barred Bush Snake
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Afrikanische Gebänderte Glattnatter
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Afrikansk Båndet Glatsnog
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1854 | |
Coronella semiornata Peters |
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Meizodon semiornatus Bogert 1940 |
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1879 | |
Zamenis fischeri Peters (Broadley 1983) |
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1884 | |
Coronella inornata Fischer (Broadley 1983) |
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1908 | |
Coronella scheffleri Sternfeld (Broadley 1983) |
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1912 | |
Zamenis citernii Boulenger (Largen & Rasmussen 1993) |
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Coluber citernii Loveridge 1957 |
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1917 | |
Zamenis tchadensis Chabanaud |
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Meizodon semiornatus tchadensis Schätti 1985 |
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1935 | |
Coronella semiornata mossambicae Cott (Broadley 1983) |
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1940 | |
Meizodon loveridgei Bogert (Chippaux 2001) |
Other common names:
semiornatus: Southern Semiornate Snake
tchadensis: Chadian Crowned Snake
Remarks:
A single record from Yemen is unreliable (in fact probably from Somalia) and refer to plumbiceps (Schätti 1985; Gasperetti 1988). Erroneously recorded from Zanzibar (Schätti 1985).
Distribution:
Botswana,
Cameroon,
Chad,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Senegal,
Somalia,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga),
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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