Werner's Water Snake

About the Werner's Water Snake

Crotaphopeltis tornieri, also known commonly as Tornier's cat snake and Werner's cat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa. The specific name, tornieri, is in honor of German zoologist Gustav Tornier.

C. tornieri is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya. The preferred natural habitat of C. tornieri is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,900 m (660–6,230 ft). C. tornieri is oviparous. Rasmussen JB (1993). "The current taxonomic status of Tornier's cat-snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri)". Amphibia-Reptilia 14: 395–409.

Finke, Florian & Daniel Liepack (2021). A first record of the Tornier's Cat Snake (Crotaphopeltis tornieri [Werner, 1908]) from Kenya. Erstnachweis der Torniers Katzennatter (Crotaphopeltis tornieri [Werner, 1908]) in Kenia. Sauria 43 (2): 67-70

https://sauria.de/freepdf/Sauria2021_2_67-70.pdf Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Crotaphopeltis tornieri, p. 526).

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