Elapsoidea broadleyi

Elapsoidea broadleyi is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.^[2]

Elapsoidea broadleyi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Elapsoidea
Species:	E. broadleyi
Binomial name
Elapsoidea broadleyi Jakobsen, 1997

Etymology

The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of African herpetologist Donald George Broadley.^[3]

Geographic range

E. broadleyi is found in southern Somalia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. broadleyi is savanna.^[1]

Description

Dorsally, E. broadleyi is uniformly pale brown. Ventrally, it is creamy white. The holotype has a total length (including tail) of 77 cm (30 in).^[2]

Behavior

E, broadleyi is terrestrial.^[1]

Reproduction

E. broadleyi is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Spawls, S. (2021). "Elapsoidea broadleyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13265824A13265826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13265824A13265826.en. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
2. Species Elapsoidea broadleyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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. (Elapsoidea broadleyi, p. 39).

Further reading

• Dobiey, Maik; Vogel, Gernot (2007). Venomous Snakes of Africa: Giftschlangen Afrikas. (Terralog Volume 15). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 148 pp. ISBN 978-3939759041. (in English and German).
• Jakobsen A (1997). "A review of some East African members of the genus Elapsoidea Bocage with the description of a new species from Somalia and a key for the genus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae)" Steenstrupia 22: 59–82. (Elapsoidea broadleyi, new species).
• Spawls S, Mazuch T, Mohammad A (2023). Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 640 pp. ISBN 978-3899734706.