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Case 3750: Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912 (Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed precedence over Dasypeltis lineolata Peters, 1878

Status of Case:Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:09/2018
Authors: Bates, M. F.
Volume and Issue:75/
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Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Reptilia, Squamata, COLUBRIDAE, Dasypeltis atra, Dasypeltis lineolata, Africa, montane egg-eating snake
Taxonomic Group(s): Reptilia, Squamata
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912 which is in widespread use for a widely distributed species of snake (family Colubridae) from central and eastern Africa by giving it precedence over its seldom-used senior synonym Dasypeltis lineolata Peters, 1878. Dasypeltis lineolata was used as a valid name in 1884 and 1894, and then again only in 2016.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a028

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Opinions

Opinion 2465: Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912 (Reptilia, Serpentes): specific name conserved
Status of Case:
Date Published:12/2020
Authors: ICZN
Volume and Issue:77/
Pagination:
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Reptilia, Squamata, COLUBRIDAE, Dasypeltis atra, Dasypeltis lineolata, Africa, montane egg-eating snake
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Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name of Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912 for a species of colubrid snake from central and eastern Africa by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Dasypeltis lineolata Peters, 1878, whenever the two are considered synonyms.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v77.a047

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