Oxybelis brevirostris

Oxybelis brevirostris

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: Oxybelis
Species: Oxybelis brevirostris

Name

Oxybelis brevirostris (Cope, 1861)

• Holotype: USNM 31349, collected by R.W. Mitchell between 1857–1860.
• Type locality: “Veraguas, New Grenada [=Cocuyos de Veraguas, Panama]”.

Combinations

• Dryophis brevirostris Cope, 1861: 555 [original combination]
• Oxybelis brevirostris — Boulenger, 1896: 190 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Oxybelis coerulescens Jan, 1863: 88 [synonymised by Boulenger (1896: 190)]
  • Type material: unknown.
  • Type locality: “Costarrica [=Costa Rica]”.

References

• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part 3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 553–566. BHL Reference page. 
• Jan, G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descriti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. A. Lombardi: Milano. vii + 143 pp.

Additional references

• Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., Johnson, J.D. 1988. Middle American Herpetology - A Bibliographic Checklist. University of Missouri Press: Columbia. 132 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oxybelis brevirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 March 2021.
• Lamar, W., Townsend, J.H., Wilson, L.D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2016. IUCN: Oxybelis brevirostris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203304A2763541. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203304A2763541.en

Vernacular names

English: Cope's Vine Snake

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