Lamprophis aurora

Lamprophis aurora

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: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Lamprophis
Species: Lamprophis aurora

Name

Lamprophis aurora (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: NHR Lin-20 (formerly MAFR), ♀.
• Type locality: “America” (in error).

Combinations

• Coluber aurora Linnaeus, 1758: 219 [original combination]
• Cerastes aurora — Laurenti, 1768 [subsequent combination]
• Duberria aurora — Fitzinger, 1826 [subsequent combination]
• Coronella aurora — Schlegel, 1837: 75 [subsequent combination]
• Lamprophis aurora — Fitzinger, 1843: 25 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lamprophis aurora. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 June 2022.
• Maritz, B. 2018. IUCN: Lamprophis aurora  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T174096A115657197. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T174096A115657197.en. Accessed on 13 June 2022.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Aurora-nagslang
Deutsch: Aurora-Hausschlange
English: Aurora House Snake
українська: Будинкова змія Аврора

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