The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Dasypeltis atraSternfeld, 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 lineolataPeters, 1878. Dasypeltis lineolata was used as a valid name in 1884 and 1894, and then again only in 2016.
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15 September 2018
Case 3750 — Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912 (Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed precedence over Dasypeltis lineolata Peters, 1878
Michael F. Bates
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Africa
Colubridae
Dasypeltis atra
Dasypeltis lineolata
montane egg-eating snake
nomenclature
Reptilia