Gonyosoma

Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Taxonavigation

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: Gonyosoma
Species (8): G. boulengeri – G. coeruleum – G. frenatum – G. hainanense – G. jansenii – G. margaritatum – G. oxycephalum – G. prasinum

Name

Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828: unnumbered page [conserved name]

• Type species: Gonyosoma viride Wagler, 1828, by monotypy.
• Gender: neuter.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 490 (1957: 181).

Synonyms

• Alopecophis Gray, 1849: 247
  • Type species: Alopecophis chalybeus Gray, 1849, by monotypy.
• Aepidea Hallowell, 1861: 488
  • Type species: Aepidea robusta Hallowell, 1860, by monotypy.
• Allophis Peters, 1872: 686
  • Type species: Allophis (Elaphis) nigricaudus Bleeker, 1858, by monotypy.
• Gonyophis Boulenger, 1891: 290 [synonymised by Chen et al. (2014: 537)]
  • Type species: Gonyosoma margaritatum Peters, 1871, by monotypy.
• Rhynchophis Mocquard, 1897: 214 [synonymised by Chen et al. (2014: 537)]
  • Type species: Rhynchophis boulengeri Mocquard, 1897, by monotypy.
• Rhadinophis Vogt, 1922: 140 [synonymised by Chen et al. (2014: 537)]
  • Type species: Rhadinophis melli Vogt, 1922, by monotypy.
• Proboscidophis Fan, 1931: 114 [synonymised by Pope (1935: 276)]
  • Type species: Proboscidophis versicolor Fan, 1931, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Wagler, J.G. 1828-1833. Descriptiones et icones Amphibiorum. Tres partes cum XXXVI tabulis. J.G. Cottae: Monachii, Stuttgartiae et Tubingae. unnumbered text + 36 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1849. Description of three new genera and species of snakes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 2 4(22): 246–248. BHL Reference page. 
• Hallowell, E. [1860] 1861. Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480–510. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W. 1872. Über eine neue von Hrn. Dr. A.B. Meyer auf Luzon entdeckte Art von Eidechsen (Lygosoma (Hinulia) leucospilos) und eine von demselben in Nordcelebes gefundene neue Schlangengattung (Allophis nigricaudus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872: 684–687. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1891. On new or little-known Indian and Malayan reptiles and batrachians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 8(46): 288–292. BHL
• Mocquard, F. 1897. Notes herpétologiques. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3(6): 211–217. BHL
• Vogt, T. 1922. Zur Reptilien- und Amphibienfauna Südchinas. In: Mell, R. (Ed.). Beiträge zur Fauna Sinica. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A 88A(10): 135–146. BHL
• Fan, T.-H. 1931. Preliminary report of reptiles from Yaoshan, Kwangsi, China. Bulletin of the Department of Biology, Sun Yatsen University 11: 1–154, 9 pls. Reference page. 
• Pope, C.H. 1935. The reptiles of China: turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards. American Museum of Natural History: New York. lii + 604 pp., 27 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1957. Opinion 490. Action under the Plenary Powers to preserve for use in its accustomed sense the generic name Elaphe Fitzinger, 1833 (Class Reptilia). pp. 179–196 In Hemming, F. (ed.). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Volume 17, part 12. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Chen, X., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the Rainbow Tree Snake Gonyophis margaritatus (Peters, 1871) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3881(6): 532–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.6.3 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chen, X., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Pyron, R.A. & Burbrink, F.T. 2017. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 206–218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.017 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Hou, M., Lwin, Y.H., Wang, Q.-Y. & Rao, D.-Q. 2021. A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854). Evolutionary Systematics 5(1): 129–139. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.66574 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gonyosoma . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 June 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Asiatische Spitzkopfnattern
English: Oriental Green Ratsnakes