Boaedon mendesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Boaedon
Species: Boaedon mendesi

Name

Boaedon mendesi Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann, 2021: 17

• Holotype: MUHNAC/MB03-977, adult ♂, collected by Luís M.P. Ceríaco, Mariana P. Marques, and Pedro N.P. Ceríaco on 10 February 2015.
• Type locality: “in the vicinities of Santo Cristo (1.63633°, 7.42690°, 80 m), Príncipe Island, Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe”.

References

Primary references

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Arellano, A.L., Jadin, R.C., Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Jita snakes (Lamprophiidae: Boaedon) from São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology 70(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1832152 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boaedon mendesi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2022.