Achalinus werneri

Achalinus werneri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea

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: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species: Achalinus werneri

Name

Achalinus werneri Van Denburgh, 1912: 244.

• Holotype: CAS 22064, unsexed, collected by J.C. Thompson (aka Victor Kühne), between 26 April to 1 May 1910.

• Type locality: "Nase, Amami O shima, Loo Choo Islands, Japan" = Amamioshima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

Synonymy

• Achalinus loochooensis Thompson 1912.

References

Primary references

• Van Denburgh, J. 1912. Advances diagnoses of new reptiles and amphibians from the Loo Choo Islands and Formosa. 8 pp. privately printed. San Francisco, California. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Barbour, T. 1917. A most regretable tangle of names. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (44): 1-9. [PDF] Reference page. 
• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Thompson, J.C. 1912. Herpetological Notices. On reptiles new to the island arcs of Asia. (3): 1-5. privately published, San Francisco. Reference page. 
• Van Denburgh, J. 1912. Advances diagnoses of new reptiles and amphibians from the Loo Choo Islands and Formosa. 8 pp. privately printed. San Francisco, California. Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.T., Pham, A.V., van Schingen, M., Nguyen, T.T. & Le, M.D. 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.3 . Reference page. 

Links

• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.), 2000. Threatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptillia/Amphibia. ISBN4-915959-70-8. [1]
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Achalinus werneri. The Reptile Database.
• IUCN: Achalinus werneri  (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

English: Amami odd-scaled snake
日本語: アマミタカチホヘビ