Hierophis cypriensis

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Hierophis
Species: Hierophis cypriensis

Name

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Hierophis cypriensis (Schätti, 1985)

  • Holotype: MHNG 2206.30, ♀, collected by native on 14 April 1983.
  • Type locality: “zwischen Arakapás und Kalokhorio, Zypern [= between Arakapás and Kalokhorio, Cyprus]”.
  • Paratypes (n=2): BMNH 1887.9.27.25, ♂, “Cyprus”, donated by Lord Lilford; and NHMW 15185:1, ♀, from “Platraes, Troodos, 1400 m”, collected by F. Werner on May 1935.

Combinations

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  • Coluber cypriensis Schätti, 1985: 472 [original combination]
  • Hierophis cypriensisSchätti & Sigg, 1989 [subsequent combination]
  • Dolichophis cypriensisNagy, Lawson, Joger & Wink, 2004: 231 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

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  • Cyprus (Troodos massif and foothills).

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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Zypern-Zornnatter
English: Cyprus Whip Snake