Sibynophis geminatus

Sibynophis geminatus

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: Sibynophiinae
Genus: Sibynophis
Species: Sibynophis geminatus

Name

Sibynophis geminatus (Boie, 1826)

• Syntypes (3): MNHN 3392–93, two ♂, and RMNH 687, ♀, collected by H. Kuhl & J.C. van Hasselt between December 1820–September 1823.
• Type locality: “Java”.

Combinations

• Coluber geminatus Boie, 1826: 211 [original combination]
• Herpetodryas geminatus — Schlegel, 1837: 194 [subsequent combination]
• Sibynophis geminatus — Fitzinger, 1843: 26 [subsequent combination]
• Enicognathus geminatus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 333 [subsequent combination]
• Polyodontophis geminatus — Boulenger, 1893: 185 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boie, H. 1826. Merkmale einiger japanischen Lurche. Isis von Oken 18(2): 203–216. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sibynophis geminatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 October 2019.
• Iskandar, D., Jenkins, H., Das, I., Auliya, M., Inger, R.F. & Lilley, R. 2012. IUCN: Sibynophis geminatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T184068A1747696

Vernacular names

English: Striped Black-headed Snake