Elaphe zoigeensis

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: Elaphe
Species: Elaphe zoigeensis

Name

Elaphe zoigeensis Huang, Ding, Burbrink, Yang, Huang, Ling, Chen & Zhang, 2012

Holotype: HUM 20110001, adult female captured at 12:00 on 26 July 2010.

Type locality: A large rock about 20 m from the mouth of Jiangzha Hot Spring (3200 m elevation, N34º12’18’’, E102º42’48’’) in Zoige County, Sichuan, China.

Paratypes:

• HUM 20110002, adult female, about 40 m from the mouth of Jiangzha Hot Spring and in a small soil hole by the same stream.
• HUM 20110003, adult male, about 30 m from the mouth of Jiangzha Hot Spring, same place and time as the those of the holotype.

References

• Song Huang, Li Ding, Frank T. Burbrink, Jun Yang, Jietang Huang, Chen Ling, Xin Chen & Yaping Zhang. 2012: A New Species of the Genus Elaphe (Squamata: Colubridae) from Zoige County, Sichuan, China. Asian Herpetological Research, 3(1): 38–45. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00038.