Dendrelaphis schokari

Dendrelaphis schokari

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 schokari

Name

Dendrelaphis schokari (Kuhl, 1820)

• Neotype: RMNH 842, collected by Frank in 1853. [designated by Rooijen & Vogel (2008: 39)]
• Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.

Combinations

• Dipsas schokari Kuhl, 1820: 80 [original combination]
• Dendrelaphis schokari — van Rooijen & Vogel, 2008: 38 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Dendrophis helena Werner, 1893: 81
  • Holotype: NMW 24382:3.
  • Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.

References

Primary references

• Kuhl, H. 1820. Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. Hermannsche Buchhandlung: Frankfurt am Main. 152 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Werner, F. 1893. Herpetologische Nova (1). Zoologischer Anzeiger 16(414): 81–84. BHL
• van Rooijen, J. & Vogel, G. 2008. An investigation into the taxonomy of Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803): revalidation of Dipsas schokari (Kuhl, 1820) (Serpentes, Colubridae). Contributions to Zoology 77: 33–43. PDF

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Dendrelaphis schokari. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Schokar's Bronzeback