Calliophis salitan

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: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Calliophis
Species: Calliophis salitan

Name

Calliophis salitan Brown, Smart, Leviton & Smith, 2018: 93

• Holotype: PNM 9844 (KU 310164, field catalog number RMB 8291), adult ♂, collected by J.B. Fernandez on 28 July 2007.
• Type locality: “Mt. Cambinlia, sitio Cambinlia (Sudlon), Barangay Santiago, Municipality Loreto, Dinagat Islands Province, Dinagat Island, Mindanao PAIC, Philippines, 195 m elevation (10.3436833ºN, 125.6181167ºE; datum ¼WGS84)”.

References

Primary references

• Brown, R.M., Smart, U., Leviton, A.E. & Smith, E.N. 2018. A New Species of Long-glanded Coralsnake of the Genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from Dinagat Island, with Notes on the Biogeography and Species Diversity of Philippine Calliophis and Hemibungarus. Herpetologica 74(1): 89–104. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-17-00008 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calliophis salitan. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Dinagat Island Banded Coralsnake