@article {353, title = {Opinion 2465: Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912 (Reptilia, Serpentes): specific name conserved}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {77}, year = {2020}, month = {12}, type = {Opinion}, chapter = {145}, 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.

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Reptilia, Squamata, COLUBRIDAE, Dasypeltis atra, Dasypeltis lineolata, Africa, montane egg-eating snake}, author = {ICZN} }