Dendrelaphis oliveri

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: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species: Dendrelaphis oliveri

Name

Dendrelaphis oliveri (Taylor, 1950)

• Holotype: FMNH 123726 (EHT-HMS 30388), collected by E.H. Taylor in 1944.
• Type locality: “12 miles north of Trincomalec, Ceylon”.

Combinations

• Ahaetulla oliveri Taylor, 1950: 555 [original combination]
• Dendrelaphis olivieri — Murthy, 1985 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1950. The Snakes of Ceylon. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33 pt. II(14): 519–603. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Das, I. 1996. Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida.
• Janzen, P., Klaas, P. & Ziesmann, S. 2007. Sri Lankas Schlangenfauna. Draco 7 (30): 56–64.

Links

• Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Dendrelaphis oliveri  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197188A123311962. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197188A123311962.en. Accessed on 20 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Oliver's Bronzeback