Chrysopelea ornata

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: Chrysopelea ornata
Subspecies: C. o. ornata – C. o. ornatissima – C. o. sinhaleya

Name

Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw, 1802)

Synonyms

• Coluber Ornatus Shaw, 1802: 477
• Coluber ibibiboca Daudin, 1802 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Chrysopelea ornata — Boie, 1827
• Chrysopelea ornata — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 1042
• Chrysopelea ornata — Wall, 1921: 305
• Chrysopelea ornata — Smith, 1943: 251
• Chrysopelea ornata — Cox et al., 1998: 66

References

• Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313–615.
• Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
• Chrysopelea ornata at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 August 2008.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: কাল নাগিনী
English: Golden Flying Snake
日本語: ゴールデントビヘビ
ไทย: งูเขียวพระอินทร์, งูเขียวดอกหมาก

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