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
Scaphiophis
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African Hook-nosed Snakes, (Beaked Snakes)
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Krummnasennattern
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Krognæsesnoge, (Næbsnoge)
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Scaphiophis Peters (type species: Scaphiophis albopunctatus Peters 1870) |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
Equatorial Africa.
Reported from:
Angola,
Benin,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Ghana,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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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 Scaphiophis.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Scaphiophis albopunctatus
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Common African Hook-nosed Snake, Grey Beaked Snake, Sharp-nosed Snake, African Shovel-nosed Snake
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Graue Hakennasennatter
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Grå Krognæsesnog
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Scaphiophis albopunctatus Peters |
Remarks:
Reports from Sierra Leone (e.g., Aylmer 1922; Chippaux & Jackson 2019) are considered erroneous (Trape & Baldé 2014).
Chippaux & Jackson (2019) also showed a locality in Guinea in their map, but no other references have been found to support the presence of the species in this country.
Distribution:
Angola,
Benin,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Ghana,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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Scaphiophis raffreyi
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Ethiopian Hook-nosed Snake, Ethiopian Beaked Snake
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Äthiopische Hakennasennatter
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Etiopisk Krognæsesnog
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Scaphiophis raffreyi Bocourt |
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Scaphiophis albopunctatus raffreyi Parker 1949 |
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Scaphiophis calciattii Scortecci (Broadley 1994) |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Broadley (1994).
Specimens from Lake Baringo (Kenya) probably belong to this species (Spawls, Howell, Hinkel & Menegon 2018) and are provisionally included herein.
Distribution:
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Uganda.
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