Ahaetulla isabellina

Ahaetulla isabellina

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species: Ahaetulla isabellina

Name

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Ahaetulla isabellina (Wall, 1910)

  • Holotype: uncatalogued, ♀, obtained by F. Wall in 1909. [location unknown, presumed lost]
  • Neotype: BNHS 3584 (CESS182), adult ♀, collected by Ashok Kumar Mallik in 2011. [designated by Mallik et al. (2020: 27)]
  • Type locality: “Paralai, near Valparai, Anamallay Hills”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Oru Komban hills (10.4077 N, 76.7177 E, 1077 msl), in Parambikulam plateau of Anaimalai Hill complex, Southern Western Ghats, Peninsular India” by Mallik et al. (2020: 27).

Combinations

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  • Dryophis mycterizans isabellinus Wall, 1910: 230 [original combination]
  • Ahaetulla isabellinaMallik et al., 2020: 27 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

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