Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
April 12th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Pseudaspis
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African Mole Snake
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Afrikanische Maulwurfsnatter
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Afrikansk Muldvarpesnog
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1843 |  |
Pseudaspis Fitzinger (type species: Coluber canus Linnaeus 1758) |
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1868 | |
Cadmus Theobald (type species: Cadmus cuneiformis Theobald 1868) |
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1882 | |
Ophirhina Bocage (type species: Ophirhina anchietae Bocage 1882) |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Pseudaspis.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Pseudaspis cana
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African Mole Snake
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Afrikanische Maulwurfsnatter
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Afrikansk Muldvarpesnog
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1758 | |
Coluber canus Linnaeus |
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Duberria cana Fitzinger 1826 |
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Coronella cana Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
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Pseudaspis cana Cope 1864 |
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1768 | |
Coluber elegantissimus Laurenti (Broadley 1983) |
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1789 | |
Coluber ocellatus Gmelin (Broadley 1983) |
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1868 | |
Cadmus cuneiformis Theobald (Broadley 1983) |
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1872 | |
Coronella phocarum Günther (Broadley 1983) |
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1882 | |
Ophirhina anchietae Bocage (Broadley 1983) |
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Pseudaspis cana anchietae Laurent 1956 |
Other common names:
anchietae: Angolan Mole Snake
Distribution:
Angola,
Botswana,
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Rwanda,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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