Crotaphopeltis braestrupi Rasmussen 1985 articles

Crotaphopeltis braestrupi

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Crotaphopeltis braestrupi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to East Africa.

The specific name, braestrupi, is in honor of Frits Wimpffen Braestrup (1906–1999), who was curator of the zoological museum of the University of Copenhagen.^[2]

C. braestrupi is found in eastern Kenya and southeastern Somalia, on the coastal plain.^[3]^[1]

The preferred natural habitats of C. braestrupi are freshwater wetlands, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).^[1]

C. braestrupi is terrestrial and nocturnal.^[1]

C. braestrupi preys upon amphibians.^[1]

C. braestrupi is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Spawls, S.; Branch, W.R.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Crotaphopeltis braestrupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13264935A13264937. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13264935A13264937.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Crotaphopeltis braestrupi, p. 37).
^ ^a ^b Species Crotaphopeltis braestrupi at The Reptile Database