Boomslang

For other uses, see Boomslang (disambiguation).

Boomslang
Male at campsite in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dispholidus
Species:
D. typus
Binomial name
Dispholidus typus
(A. Smith, 1828)
Map
Boomslang distribution
  Extant (resident)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bucephalus typus
    A. Smith, 1828
  • Dispholidus typus
    —Boulenger, 1896

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.

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2007. ISBN 9781593392925.