Chrysopelea

Chrysopelea ornata

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: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Chrysopelea
Species (5): C. ornata – C. paradisi – C. pelias – C. rhodopleuron – C. taprobanica

Name

Chrysopelea H. Boie in Schlegel, 1826: 327

• Type species: Coluber ornatus Merrem, 1820 in error [=Shaw, 1802], by original designation.

References

• Schlegel, H. 1826. Notice sur l’Erpétologie de l’ile de Java; par M. Böié (Ouvrage manuscrit). Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 9(2): 233–240. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Chrysopelea . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 November 2020.

Vernacular names

भोजपुरी: फ्लाइंग नाग
Deutsch: Schmuckbaumnattern
English: Flying Tree Snakes
suomi: Liitokäärmeet
ไทย: งูบิน

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