Crotaphopeltis tornieri

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: Crotaphopeltis
Species: Crotaphopeltis tornieri

Name

Crotaphopeltis tornieri (Werner, 1908)

Type locality: Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.

Holotype: ZMH R00652 (formerly no. 4576), subadult male.

Synonyms

• Leptodira tornieri Werner, 1908: 1876
• Leptodira rufescens Werner, 1895 [not L. r. (Gmelin) now Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia].
• Leptodeira tornieri - Barbour & Amaral, 1927
• Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri - Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
• Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia hotamboeia - Bogert, 1940
• Crotaphopeltis tornieri - Broadley, 1968
• Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri — Welch, 1982
• Crotaphopeltis tornieri — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 31

References

• Werner, F. 1908. Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach nach dem Ägyptischen Sudan und Norduganda. XII. die Reptilien und Amphibien. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 116 [1907]: 1823–1926.
• Barbour, T. & Loveridge. A. 1928. A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanzania Territory with descriptions of new species. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Cambridge (Massachusetts), 50 (2): 85–265.
• Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
• Crotaphopeltis tornieri at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Werner's Water Snake