Gerarda prevostiana

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 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

Syntypes (2): MNHN 3758 and MNHN 7593, collected by J.F.T. Eydoux & F.L.A. Souleyet between February 1836–November 1837.

Type locality: “Manille [=Manila]”, Philippines.

Coluber (Homalopsis) prevostianus Eydoux & Gervais, 1837: 5 [original combination]
Campylodon prevostianum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 946 [subsequent combination]
Gerarda prevostiana — Cope, 1862: 1 [subsequent combination]

Eydoux, F. & Gervais, P. 1837. Voyage de la Favourite. Reptiles. Magasin de zoologie III: 1–10. BHL

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gerarda prevostiana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Gerarda prevostiana (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176670A7281041. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176670A7281041.en

English: Gerard's Water Snake