Elaphe taeniura yunnanensis

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Elaphe
Species: Elaphe taeniura
Subspecies: Elaphe taeniura yunnanensis

Name

Elaphe taeniura yunnanensis (Anderson, 1879): 813

Type locality: China.

Synonyms

• Elaphe taeniura yunnanensis — Cox et al., 1998: 50
• Elaphis yunnanensis — Anderson, 1879: 813 (protonym)
• Orthriophis taeniurus yunnanensis — Gumprecht, 2003

References

• Anderson, J. 1878 [1879]. Anatomical and zoological researches: comprising an account of the zoological results of the two expeditions to western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a monograph of the two cetacean genera, Platanista and Orcella. Vols. I. [Text], II. [Plates]. London: B. Quaritch. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.50434 Reference page.  [herpetology: pages 703–860, 969–975]; Atlas: 85 plates [herpetological plates 55–78, 75A, 75B].
• Gumprecht, A. 2004: Die Schönnatter Orthriophis taeniura (Elaphe taeniura). Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 61 pp.

Links

• Elaphe taeniura at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 dec 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Yunnan Beauty Snake