Ahaetulla nasuta

Ahaetulla nasuta

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: Ahaetulla
Species: Ahaetulla nasuta

Name

Ahaetulla nasuta (Lacépède, 1789) [conserved name]

• Type material: not designated, unknown. [lost fide Cox et al. (2013: 92)]
• Type locality: “à Malabar, à Ceylan, à Pondichery, au Bengale, à Java, aux îles Philippines et aux Mariannes”, restricted to “Ceylon” by Smith (1943: 376).
• Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 524 (1958: 264).

Combinations

• Coluber nasutus Lacépède, 1789: 100 [original combination]
• Dryinus nasutus — Merrem, 1820: 159 [subsequent combination]
• Dryiophis nasuta — Schlegel, 1837: 159 [subsequent combination]
• Dryophis nasutus — Andersson, 1898 [subsequent combination]
• Passerita nasuta — Cochran, 1930 [subsequent combination]
• Ahaetulla nasuta — Stejneger, 1933 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber mycterizans Russell, 1796 (not Linnaeus; fide Smith, 1943)
• Dryophis hammatorhynchus Fitzinger, 1826: 61 (nom. subst. pro C. myct.)
• Dryophis mycterizans tephrogaster Wall, 1908: 783 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Dryophis mycterizans cineroventer Wall, 1908: 919 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Dryophis mycterizans rhodogaster Wall, 1908 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Dryophis mycterizans lepidorostralis Wall, 1908 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Dryophis mycterizans rhodonotus Wall, 1921 (fide Smith, 1943)

References

Primary references

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire naturelle des serpens. Tome Second. Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 462 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1958. Opinion 524. Interpretation of the nominal species Coluber ahaetulla Linnaeus, 1758, and addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic name Ahaetulla Link, 1807 with Ahaetulla mycterizans Link, 1807 as type species (Class Reptilia). pp. 261–276 In Hemming, F. (Ed.). Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 19. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mohapatra, P.P., Dutta, S.K., Kar, N.B., Das, A., Murthy, B.H.C.K. & Deepak, V. 2017. Ahaetulla nasuta anomala (Annandale, 1906) (Squamata: Colubridae), resurrected as a valid species with marked sexual dichromatism. Zootaxa 4263(2): 318–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.6 Reference page. 
• Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Pal, S.P., D’Souza, P.M., Shanker, K. & Ganesh, S.R. 2020. Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4874(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4874.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ahaetulla nasuta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 June 2023.
• Stuart, B.L., Grismer, L., Auliya, M., Chan-Ard, T., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Mohapatra, P. & Achyuthan, N.S. 2021. IUCN: Ahaetulla nasuta  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T172707A1371721. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T172707A1371721.en. Accessed on 16 June 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nasenpeitschennatter
English: Long-nosed Tree Snake

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