Striped Harlequin Snake

Striped Harlequin Snake

Taxobox
name = Striped Harlequin Snake


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Homoroselaps"
species = "H. dorsalis"
binomial = "Homoroselaps dorsalis"
binomial_authority = (Smith, 1849)
synonyms =
The Striped Harlequin Snake ("Homoroselaps dorsalis") is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is monotypic within the genus "Homoroselaps".It is found in South Africa and Swaziland.Jonathan Raddon collected a striped harlequin in Mkuze nature reserve in South Africa in August 2008. The snake was collected in a rocky mountainous area with soil at 20 celcius, just underneath a rock on the surface. This find is the second found in Mkuze nature reserve the first by a man named Xander and the second by Jonathan Raddon. Mkuze is the only nature reserve where more than one striped harlequin has ever been found.


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