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: Oxybelis
Species: Oxybelis wilsoni

Name

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Oxybelis wilsoni Villa & Mccranie, 1995: 297

  • Holotype: USNM 318010, adult ♂, collected by J.R. McCranie on 20 November 1989.
  • Type locality: “Rocky Point, Santa Elena on the eastern end of Isla de Roatán, Departamento de Islas de la Bahía, Honduras”.

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Groves, J.D. 1995. Reproduction and feeding behavior of Oxybelis wilsoni, a new species of vine snake (Squamata: Serpentes). Revista de Biologia Tropical 43(1): 307.
  • McCranie, J.R. 1999. Notes on the type series of Oxybelis wilsoni Villa and McCranie. Herpetological Review 30(1): 11–12.
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Vernacular names

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English: Roatan Vine Snake