Chapinophis xanthocheilus

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: Chapinophis
Species: Chapinophis xanthocheilus

Name

Chapinophis Campbell & Smith, 1998: 210

• Holotype: UTA R-35919, adult ♂.
• Type locality: “approximately 5 km ENE Finca Miranda on trail to Aldea Vega Larga, 2300 m, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala.”

References

Primary references

• Campbell, J.A. & Smith, E.N. 1998. A new genus and species of Colubrid snake from the Sierra de las Minas of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54(2): 207–220. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Chapinophis xanthocheilus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 March 2018.
• Johnson, J., Acevedo, M., Stafford, P., Campbell, J. & Ariano-Sánchez, D. 2013. IUCN: Chapinophis xanthocheilus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T29481A2790420. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29481A2790420.en