Ferania sieboldii

Ferania sieboldii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Ferania
Species: Ferania sieboldii

Name

• Ferania sieboldii (Schlegel, 1837)

Holotype: RMNH 1168.

Type locality: “Bengale [=Bengal]”, India.

Combinations

• Homalopsis sieboldii Schlegel, 1837: 349 [original combination]
• Ferania sieboldii — Gray, 1842: 67 [subsequent combination]
• Trigonurus sieboldii — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 960 [subsequent combination]
• Hypsirhina sieboldii — Jan, 1863: 78 [subsequent combination]
• Enhydris sieboldii — Mell, 1929: 25 [subsequent combination]
• Ferania sieboldii — Kumar, Sanders, George & Murphy, 2012: 483 [subsequent combination, ressurect of genus]

References

Primary references

• Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum: La Haye. 606 S. + xvi. BHL

Additional references

• Biju Kumar, A., Sanders, K.L., George, S. & Murphy, J.C. 2012. The status of Eurostus dussumierii and Hypsirhina chinensis (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): with comments on the origin of salt tolerance in homalopsid snakes. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(4): 479–489. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.751940 Reference page. 
• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ferania sieboldii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. & Lobo, A. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris sieboldii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176698A7285760. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176698A7285760.en

Vernacular names

English: Siebold’s Mud Snake