Dendrelaphis kopsteini

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

Dendrelaphis kopsteini Vogel & Van Rooijen, 2007

Type locality: “fleuve Endau, etat de Johore”, Endau river, State of Johore, Federation of Malaysia.

Holotype: MNHN 1962.1052, adult female.

Dendrelaphis kopsteini Vogel & Van Rooijen, 2007
Ahaetulla formosa — Taylor 1965: 814 (non Dendrophis formosus Boie, 1827)
Dendrelaphis formosus — Flower, 1897: 883
Dendrelaphis formosus — Tweedie, 1983: 63, 154, (plate 4)
Dendrelaphis formosus — Lim & Lee, 1989: 53
Dendrelaphis formosus — Vogel, 1990: 10
Dendrelaphis formosus — Lim & Lim, 1992: 64
Dendrelaphis formosus — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 337 (Abb. 246)
Dendrelaphis formosus — Ziegler & Vogel, 1999: 206
Dendrelaphis formosus — Pauwels et al., 2000: 141
Dendrelaphis formosus — Nutphand, 2001: 148
Dendrophis formosa — Frith, 1977: 278 (?)
Dendrelaphis formosus — Flower, 1899: 605, 660 (part.; non Dendrophis formosus Boie, 1827)
Dendrelaphis formosus — Inger & Voris, 2001: 889 (non D. formosus Boie, 1827)
Dendrelaphis formosus — Iskandar & Colijn, 2002: 53 (non D. formosus Boie, 1827)

Vogel, G. & J. Van Rooijen 2007. A new species of Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 1394: 25–45.
Taylor, E.H. 1965. The serpents of Thailand and adjacent waters. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., Lawrence, 45 (9): 609–1096.
Flower, S.S. 1899. Notes on a second collection of reptiles made in the Malay Peninsula and Siam, from November 1896 to September 1898, with a list of the species recorded from those countries. Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1899: 600–697.
Dendrelaphis kopsteini at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 August 2008.

English: Kopstein’s Bronzeback Snake