Dispholidus typus

Dispholidus typus

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Dispholidus
Species: Dispholidus typus
Subspecies: D. t. kivuensis – D. t. punctatus – D. t. typus

Name

Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1829)

Type locality: “Old Latakoo, South Africa”

Synonyms

• Bucephalus typus Smith, 1829
• Bucephalus Typus — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 877
• Bucephalus typus — Blanford, 1870
• Bucephalus typus — Fischer, 1884: 11
• Bucephalus capensis — Günther, 1888
• Bucephalus typus — Boettger, 1893: 130
• Dispholidus typus — Fitzsimons & Brain, 1958
• Dispholidus typus — Harding & Welch, 1980
• Dispholidus typus — Rödel & Mahsberg, 2000
• Dispholidus typus — Schmidt, 1923: 114
• Dispholidus typus — Broadley, 1998
• Dispholidus typus typus — Auerbach, 1987: 186
• Dispholidus typus typus — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 32
• Dispholidus typus — Chirio & Ineich, 2006

References

• Smith, A. 1829. Contributions to the natural history of South Africa. Zool. Journ. 4: 433–444.
• Fitzsimons, V.F.M.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A Short account of the Reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe, 1(1): 99–104.
• Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59.
• Rödel M.O. & Mahsberg D. 2000. Vorläufige Liste der Schlangen des Tai-Nationalparks / Elfenbeinküste und angrenzender Gebiete. Salamandra 36(1): 25–38. PDF Reference page. 
• Dispholidus typus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Boomslang