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Dispholidus typus🐍

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SpeciesColubridae
Reptiles

🐍Boomslang

Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1828)

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) är en giftig art av bakgifttandade snokar. Den är för närvarande den enda kända arten i sitt släkte. Namnet betyder "trädorm" på afrikaans.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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vs you
≈ 1/16th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
3.77 kg
Body length
1.85 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
8.7 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Boomslang

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3.77 kgrecord 0.56 kg · ReptTraits
AnAge
Details ↓

data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1.85 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
Details ↓

Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
8.7 yearsrecord 8.7 years · ReptTraits
AnAge
Details ↓

data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Activity cycle
Diurnal
ReptTraits
Details ↓

Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
Yes
ReptTraits
Details ↓

Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Snout–vent length
0.86 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
Details ↓

Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
3.8 Laverage
Details ↓

Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Boomslang yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusDispholidus
  6. ›speciesDispholidus typus
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  4. genusDispholidus
All 12 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. genusDispholidus
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In other languages
Dispholidus typus (fr), 非洲樹蛇 (zh), Dispholidus typus (tr), Dispholidus typus (it), Boomslang (sv), Boomslang (de) … and 20 more languages
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Dispholidus typusBoomslang (Dispholidus typus) at Nairobi Snake Park 1Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) at Nairobi Snake Park 2
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