Dryocalamus nympha

Dryocalamus nympha

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: Dryocalamus
Species: Dryocalamus nympha

Name

Dryocalamus nympha (Daudin, 1803)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.13.69, ♂, donated by P. Russell. [designated by Kucharzewski & Tillack (2008: 47)]
• Type locality: “Vellore”, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India.

Combinations

• Coluber nympha Daudin, 1803: 244 [original combination]
• Odontomus nympha — Günther, 1964: 233 [subsequent combination]
• Hydrophobus nympha — Boulenger, 1890: 298 [subsequent combination]
• Dryocalamus nympha — Boulenger, 1893: 370 [subsequent combination]
• Lycodon nympha — Figueroa, KcKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux, 2016 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Hydrophobus semifasciatus Günther, 1862
• Dryocalamus nympha var. ceylonensis Müller, 1887
• Cochliophagus isolepis Müller, 1924

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Sixième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 447 pp. + plates LXXI–LXXX. BHL Reference page. 
• Kucharzewski, C. & Tillack, F. 2008. The identity of Cochliophagus isolepis Müller, 1924 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 44(1): 43–49. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Mohapatra, P., Srinivasulu, C., Achyuthan, N.S., Narayanan, S., Ghosh, A., Thakur, S., Wickramasinghe, N., Ganesh, S.R. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Dryocalamus nympha  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T172606A1350767. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T172606A1350767.en. Accessed on 25 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Vellore Bridal Snake