Gonyosoma margaritatum

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: Gonyosoma
Species: Gonyosoma margaritatum

Name

Gonyosoma margaritatum Peters, 1871

• Holotype: MSNG 30613, collected by G. Doria & O. Beccari in 1865.
• Type locality: “Sarawak (Borneo)”.

Combinations

• Gonyosoma margaritatum Peters, 1871: 578 [original combination]
• Gonyophis margaritatus — Boulenger, 1891: 290 [subsequent combination]
• Gonyosoma margaritatum — Chen et al., 2014: 537 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1871. Uber neue Reptilien aus Ostafrika und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 566–581. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1891. On new or little-known Indian and Malayan reptiles and batrachians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 8(46): 288–292. BHL
• Chen, X., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the Rainbow Tree Snake Gonyophis margaritatus (Peters, 1871) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3881(6): 532–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.6.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gonyosoma margaritatum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2021.
• Iskandar, D., Jenkins, H., Das, I., Auliya, M., Inger, R.F. & Lilley, R. 2020. IUCN: Gonyophis margaritatus  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T192044A176396511. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T192044A176396511.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Regenbogen-Baumnatter
English: Rainbow Tree Snake