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Blandings Tree Snake
Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Toxicodryas blandingii, commonly known as Blanding's cat snake and Blanding's tree snake, is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Wikipedia contributors, Toxicodryas blandingii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:55:34.948825+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844)
- Name authority
- (Hallowell, 1844)
- Common name
- Blandings Tree Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Toxicodryas
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyColubrinae
- genusToxicodryas
- speciesToxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Toxicodryas. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Fischer's Cat SnakeToxicodryas pulverulenta (Fischer, 1856) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Toxicodryas adamantea Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Rödel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou & Brown, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Toxicodryas vexator Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Rödel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou & Brown, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dipsas blandingii Hallowell, 1844 Hallowell, 1844 | synonym |
| Dipsas globiceps var. tumboensis Müller, 1885 Müller, 1885 | synonym |
| Dipsas fischeri Jan ex Duméril, 1859 Jan ex Duméril, 1859 | synonym |
| Boiga blandingi subfulva Stucki-Stirn, 1979 Stucki-Stirn, 1979 | synonym |
| Dipsas fasciata Fischer, 1856 Fischer, 1856 | synonym |
| Dipsas globiceps Fischer, 1856 Fischer, 1856 | synonym |
| Disas valida Fischer, 1856 Fischer, 1856 | synonym |
| Triglyphodon fuscum Duméril & Bibron, 1854 Duméril & Bibron, 1854 | synonym |
| Dipsas regalis Jan, 1871 Jan, 1871 | synonym |
| Triglyphodon fuscum var. obscurum Duméril, 1861 Duméril, 1861 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Toxicodryas&species=blandingii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:57LKH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.