Ahaetulla dispar

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 dispar

Name

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Ahaetulla dispar (Günther, 1864)

Type locality: India (Western Ghats).

Synonyms

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  • Tragops dispar Günther, 1864: 303
  • Dryophis disparBoulenger, 1890: 368
  • Dryophis disparSmith, 1943: 373
  • Ahaetulla disparDas, 1996: 53

References

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  • Günther, A., 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.
  • Smith, M.A., 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Sharma, R. C., 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • Ahaetulla dispar at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2008.

Vernacular names

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English: Indian Bronzeback, Günther's Vine Snake