Psammophis schokari

Psammophis schokari

Psammophis schokari — distribution map

Taxonavigation

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

• Psammophis schokari (Forsskål, 1775)

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

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

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Psammophis schokari. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 May 2019.
• IUCN: Psammophis schokari  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Forskals Sandrennnatter
English: Schokari Sand Racer

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