Elapomorphus quinquelineatus

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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Elapomorphus
Species: Elapomorphus quinquelineatus

Name

• Elapomorphus quinquelineatus (Raddi, 1820)

Syntypes: IRMC.

Type locality: “contorni di Rio-Janeiro [=Rio de Janeiro]”, Brazil.

Combinations

• Coluber 5-lineatus Raddi, 1820: 339 [original combination]
• Duberria quinquelineata — Fitzinger, 1826: 56 [subsequent combination]
• Elapomorphus quinquelineatus — Hoge, 1959: 46 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Raddi, G. 1820. Di alcune specie nuove di rettili e piante brasiliane (In Italian). Memoria di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze Residente in Modena 18(2): 313–349. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elapomorphus quinquelineatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Raddi's Lizard-eating Snake