Oreocryptophis porphyraceus

Oreocryptophis porphyraceus

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: Oreocryptophis
Species: Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
Subspecies (8): O. p. coxi – O. p. hainana – O. p. kawakamii – O. p. laticinctus – O. p. nigrofasciatus – O. p. porphyraceus – O. p. pulchra – O. p. vaillanti

Name

Oreocryptophis porphyraceus (Cantor, 1839)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.22, collected by T.E. Cantor, 1834–1839, via British East India Company.
• Type locality: “Míshmee Hills, Asám” [=Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh], India.

Combinations

• Coluber porphyraceus Cantor, 1939: 51 [original combination]
• Ablabes porphyraceus — Boulenger, 1890: 308 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe porphyracea — Van Denburg, 1909 [subsequent combination]
• Oreophis porphyraceus — Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler, 2002 [subsequent combination]
• Oreocryptophis porphyraceus — Utiger, Schätti & Helfenberger, 2005: 52 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cantor, T.E. 1839. Spicilegium Serpentium Indicorum B. Innocuous Serpents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 7(1): 49–55. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Utiger, U., Schätti, B. & Helfenberger, N. 2005. The Oriental colubrine genus Coelognathus Fitzinger, 1843 and classification of Old and New World racers and ratsnakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Colubrinae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(1): 39–60. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2005-12-1-39-60 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oreocryptophis porphyraceus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2023.
• Tshewang, S., Khan, M., Ghosh, A., Limbu, K.P. & Hasan, M.K. 2022. IUCN: Oreocryptophis porphyraceus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2021 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T190613A219112947. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T190613A219112947.en. Accessed on 05 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Black-banded Trinket Snake

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