Boiga westermanni

Boiga westermanni

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: Boiga westermanni

Name

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Boiga westermanni (Reinhardt, 1863)

  • Holotype: ZMUC R6401, adult ♀, collected by B.W. Westermann between 1801–1817.
  • Type locality: “Rungpore, et Distrikt i den nordøstlige Deel af Bengalen, som mod Øst begraendses af Floden Berampooter og mod Nord støder op til Bhootan og Cooch Behar”.

Combinations

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  • Elachistodon westermanni Reinhardt, 1863: 206 [original combination]
  • Boiga westermanniMohan, Visvanathan & Vasudevan, 2018: 322 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Indische Eierschlange
English: Indian Egg-eating Snake
தமிழ்: இந்திய முட்டை திண்ணி பாம்பு
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