Dryophiops rubescens

Dryophiops rubescens

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: Dryophiops
Species: Dryophiops rubescens

Name

Dryophiops rubescens (Gray in Gray & Hardwicke, 1835)

Type locality: Malay Peninsula.

Synonyms

• Dipsas rubescens Gray in Gray & Hardwicke, 1835
• Leptophis rubescens - Blyth, 1855
• Chrysopelea rubescens - Günther, 1858
• Dryophis rubescens - Jan, 1863
• Dryophiops rubescens - Boulenger, 1896
• Dryophiops rubuscens (sic) - Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1925
• Dendrophis sumatrana Bleeker (nomen nudum) 1857
• Dendrophis sumatrana - Bleeker, 1858
• Dryophiops rubescens — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 341
• Dryophiops rubescens — Cox et al., 1998: 67
• Dryophiops rubescens — Grismer et al., 2007

References

• Gray. J. E. 1835. Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke. Vol. 2. London (1833-1834): 263 pp., 95 plates.
• Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
• Grismer, L.L. et al. 2007. The Herpetofauna of the Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary and Checklist of the Herpetofauna of the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. Hamadryad 31 (2): 216–241.
• Dryophiops rubescens at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Red Whip Snake