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Lamprophis geometricus (Seychelles House Snake)

Synonyms: Boodon seychellensis; Lycodon geometricus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Seychelles house snake (Lamprophis geometricus) is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.It is endemic to Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and rural gardens.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Lamprophis geometricus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Lamprophis geometricus

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Granitic Seychelles forests Seychelles Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0