Dolichophis caspius

Dolichophis caspius

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: Dolichophis
Species: Dolichophis caspius
Subspecies: D. c. caspius – D. c. eiselti

Name

Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789)

Type locality: “steppes of Jaiki, lower basin of the urals”.

Synonyms

• Coluber caspius Gmelin, 1789
• Coluber acontistes Pallas, 1814
• Coluber thermalis Pallas, 1814
• Coluber jugularis caspius — Wütschert, 1984
• Coluber jugularis caspius — Nöllert et al., 1986
• Coluber caspius —Schätti & Wilson, 1986
• Hierophis caspius — Schätti, 1988
• Hierophis caspius — Engelmann, 1993
• Coluber jugularis caspius — Jessat, 1998
• Coluber caspius — Szczerbak, 2003
• Coluber caspius — Van der Voort, 2004
• Hierophis caspius — Nagy et al., 2004
• Hierophis caspius — Kumlutas et al., 2004
• Dolichophis caspius — Nagy et al., 2004
• Coluber (s.l.) caspius — Venchi & Sindaco, 2006

References

• Gmelin, S.G. 1789. In: Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus 1, Pars III. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Georg. Emanuel Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516.
• Nagy, Z.T.; Schmidtler, J.F. Joger, U. & Wink, M. 2004. Systematik der Zwergnattern (Reptilia: Colubridae: Eirenis) und verwandter Gruppen anhand von DNA-Sequenzen und morphologischen Daten. Salamandra 39 (3/4): 149–168.
• Venchi, Alberto and Roberto Sindaco 2006. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of the Mediterranean countries, with keys to species identification. Part 2 -Snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria", Genova, XCVIII: 259–364.
• Dolichophis caspius at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Жаўтабрухі полаз
Deutsch: Balkan-Springnatter
English: Balkan Whip Snake