Gyiophis salweenensis

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

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Gyiophis
Species: Gyiophis salweenensis

Name

Gyiophis salweenensis Quah, Grismer, Wood Jr., Thura, Zin, Kyaw, Lwin, Grismer & Murdoch, 2017: 574

Holotype: LSUHC 12960, adult ♀, collected by Myint Kyaw Thura, Thaw Zin, Evan S.H. Quah, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Marta S. Grismer, Matthew L. Murdoch and Htet Kyaw on 8 October 2016.

Type locality: “close to Sanpel Cave, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar (N16°22.427, E97°46.388; 44 m in elevation).”

References

Primary references

• Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Zin, T., Kyaw, H., Lwin, N., Grismer, M.S. & Murdoch, M.L. 2017. A new species of Mud Snake (Serpentes, Homalopsidae, Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014) from Myanmar with a first molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus. Zootaxa 4238(4): 571–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.5. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gyiophis salweenensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Salween River Basin Mud Snake