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Dipsadoboa shrevei

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3029201 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dipsadoboa shrevei, Shreve's tree snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Burundi, and Rwanda.

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The public source identifies “Dipsadoboa shrevei” as species of reptile. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dipsadoboa, shrevei and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 35-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dipsadoboa, shrevei and species providing the first useful test.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3029201. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dipsadoboa shrevei” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.