Hapsidophrys

Hapsidophrys smaragdina

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: Hapsidophrys
Species (3): H. lineatus – H. principis – H. smaragdina

Name

Hapsidophrys Fischer, 1856: 110

• Type species: Hapsidophrys lineatus Fischer, 1856, by subsequent designation by Loveridge (1957: 263).

Synonyms

• Gastropyxis Cope, 1861: 558 [synonymized by Broadley (1966: 423)]
  • Type species: Dendrophis smaragdina Schlegel, 1837, by monotypy.

• Tropidophidion Werner, 1902: 334
  • Type species: Tropidophidion steini Werner, 1902, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Fischer, J.G. 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3: 79–116. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part 3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 553–566. BHL Reference page. 
• Werner, F. 1902. Über westafrikanische Reptilien. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 52: 332–348. BHL Reference page. 
• Loveridge, A. 1957. Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of East Africa (Uganda; Kenya; Tanganyika; Zanzibar). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 117(2): 153–362 + xxxvi. BHL
• Broadley, D.G. 1966. A review of the Natal Green Snake, Philothamnus natalensis (A. Smith), with a description of a new subspecies. Annals of the Natal Museum 18(2): 417–423. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hapsidophrys . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Black-lined Green Snakes

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