Hypsiglena

Hypsiglena jani

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: Hypsiglena
Species (9): H. affinis – H. catalinae – H. chlorophaea – H. jani – H. ochrorhyncha – H. slevini – H. tanzeri – H. torquata – H. unaocularus

Name

• Hypsiglena Cope, 1860: 246

Type species: Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus Cope, 1860, by original designation.

Gender: [feminine]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tanner, W.W. 1944. A taxonomic study of the genus Hypsiglena. Great Basin naturalist 5(3-4): 25–92. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hypsiglena . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Night Snakes

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