World Species : Aspidelaps lubricus (cowlesi)

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Aspidelaps lubricus (cowlesi)

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Synonyms: Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus; Elaps lubricus; Naia somersetta; Natrix lubrica

Wikipedia Abstract

The cape coral snake (Aspidelaps lubricus) is a species of venomous elapid snake found in parts of southern Africa. This snake is found in regions of the Karoo, Cape Province, and all the way up into Namibia. It mostly inhabits very arid regions, like deserts and rocky/sandy ecosystems. These areas within South Africa within the Karoo are known for low predictable rainfall and little vegetation, mostly shrubs and scrubs.

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Infraspecies

Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi (Angolan Coral Snake)
Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus (Cape coral snake)

Attributes

Gestation ^[1]	62 days
Litter Size ^[1]	5
Maximum Longevity ^[2]	9 years
Venomous ^[3]	Yes

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Albany thickets	South Africa	Afrotropic	Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Angolan Mopane woodlands	Angola, Namibia	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Highveld grasslands	South Africa	Afrotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Kalahari xeric savanna	Botswana, Namibia, South Africa	Afrotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic	South Africa	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld	South Africa	Afrotropic	Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Montane fynbos and renosterveld	South Africa	Afrotropic	Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Nama Karoo	Namibia, South Africa	Afrotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Namibian savanna woodlands	Angola, Namibia	Afrotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Succulent Karoo	Namibia, South Africa	Afrotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location	Species	Website	Climate	Land Use
Etosha National Park	II	5699141	Namibia
Namib-Naukluft National Park	II	12585619	Namibia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic
Cape Floristic Region	South Africa	No
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany	Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland	No
Succulent Karoo	Namibia, South Africa	No

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ ²de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ ³Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen

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