Psammophis schokari

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Psammophis schokari
Psammophis schokari — distribution map

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Elapoidea 

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Psammophiidae
Genus: Psammophis
Species: Psammophis schokari

Name

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Neotype: FMNH 66153, ♂, collected by H. Hoogstraal & R.E. Kuntz on 27 January 1951. [designated by Marx (1988: 13–14).

Type locality: “Temen [=Yemen]”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Hodeida (= Al Hudaydah), Yemen” by Marx (1988: 13–14).

Combinations

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  • Coluber schokari Forsskål, 1775: 14 [original combination]
  • Psammophis schokariBoulenger, 1896: 157 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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  • Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex Officina Mölleri: Hauniae [=Copenhagen]. 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164 + 1 map. BHL Reference page

Additional references

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  • Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves, Fernando Martínez‐Freiría, Pierre‐André Crochet, Philippe Géniez, Salvador Carranza and José Carlos Brito: The role of climatic cycles and trans-Saharan migration corridors in species diversification: Biogeography of Psammophis schokari group in North Africa. In: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. Vol. 118, 2018, pp. 64–74, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.009
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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Forskals Sandrennnatter
English: Schokari Sand Racer
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