Asthenodipsas vertebralis

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

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.14 (formerly BMNH 1900.7.18.5), collected by L. Wray, Jr.

Type locality: “Maxwell’s Hill, Larut, 3000 feet elevation”, Perak, Malay Peninsula.

Amblycephalus vertebralis Boulenger, 1900: 307 [original combination]
Pareas vertebralis — Smedley, 1931: 122 [subsequent combination]
Asthenodipsas vertebralis — Grossmann & Tillacck, 2003 [subsequent combination]

Boulenger, G.A. 1900. Description of new reptiles from Perak, Malay Peninsula. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7th Series, 5: 306–308. BHL

Loredo, A.I., Wood, Jr., P.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Greer, L.F., Ahmad, N. & Grismer, L.L. 2013. Cryptic speciation within Asthenodipsas vertebralis (Boulenger, 1900) (Squamata: Pareatidae), the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia, and the resurrection of A. tropidonotus (Lidth de Jude, 1923) from Sumatra: an integrative taxonomic analysis. Zootaxa 3664(4): 505–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3664.4.5 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Asthenodipsas vertebralis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 July 2019.
Grismer, L. & Chan-Ard, T. 2012. IUCN: Asthenodipsas vertebralis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T191945A2019393. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191945A2019393.en

English: Mountain Slug Snake