Ahaetulla mycterizans

Ahaetulla mycterizans

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: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species: Ahaetulla mycterizans

Name

• Ahaetulla mycterizans (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Type locality: “America”
  • Original combination: Coluber mycterizans

Synonyms

• Coluber nasutus Lacépède, 1789
• Dryophis xanthozonia Boie, 1827 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Tragops xanthozonius — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 826
• Passerita mycterizans — Günther, 1859: 231
• Dryophis xanthozonia — Boulenger, 1896: 180 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Ahaetulla mycterizans — Link, 1807
• Dryophis xnathozona — Boulenger, 1896: 180 (emendation)
• Dryophis mycterizans — Wall, 1908: 783
• Dryophis mycterizans — Wall, 1921: 291
• Passerita xanthozonia — Smith, 1930
• Dryophis mycterizans — Smith, 1943: 376
• Dryophis mycterizans — Tweedie, 1950
• Ahaetulla mycterizans — Cox et al., 1998: 68

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 226. Reference page. 
• Link, H.F., 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock, zweite Abtheilung.
• Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn, 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
• Ahaetulla mycterizans at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2008.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Malaiische Peitschennatter
English: Malayan Whipsnake
ไทย: งูเขียวหัวจิ้งจกมลายู

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