Telescopus rhinopoma

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: Telescopus
Species: Telescopus rhinopoma

Name

• Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874)

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.5.10, ZSI 3500.

Type locality: “Carmania”, restricted to “Kerman, Kerman Prov., S Iran” by Böhme (1977: 203).

Combinations

• Dipsas rhinopoma Blanford, 1874: 34 [original combination]
• Tarbophis rhinopoma — Boettger, 1886: 72 [subsequent combination]
• Telescopus rhinopoma — Minton, 1962: 16 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistán. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 14(79): 31–35. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680916 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Telescopus rhinopoma. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 May 2019.
• Papenfuss, T., Shafiei Bafti, S., Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov, N.L. & Nilson, G. 2017. IUCN: Telescopus rhinopoma  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T164693A49062553. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T164693A49062553.en

Vernacular names

English: Indian Desert Tiger Snake