Ahaetulla malabarica

Taxonavigation edit

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 malabarica

Name edit

Ahaetulla malabarica Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D’Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020: 30

  • Holotype: BNHS 3586 (CESS090), adult ♂, collecte by Ashok Kumar Mallik in 2010.
  • Type locality: “Thirunelli forest (11.9172 N 75.99111 E, 960 msl), Brahmagiri-Wayanad hill complex of the Central Western Ghats, [Kerala,] in Peninsular India”.
  • Paratype: BNHS 3587 (CESS087), adult ♀, collected at “Kalpetta, Kerala” by Saunak P. Pal, S.P. Vijayakumar & Mrugank Prabhu in 2010.

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