| Boomslang | |
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| Male at campsite in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dispholidus |
| Species: | D. typus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dispholidus typus (A. Smith, 1828)
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| Boomslang distribution
Extant (resident)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The boomslang (/ˈboʊmslɑːŋ/ or /ˈbɔːmsləŋ/; Dispholidus typus) is a highly venomous snake in the family Colubridae.[2] The species is native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
- ^ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Dispholidus, pp. 186-187; species Dispholidus typus, pp. 187–189, Figure 14).
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2007. ISBN 9781593392925.