Hierophis

Hierophis viridiflavus

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: Hierophis
Species (3): H. cypriensis – H. gemonensis – H. viridiflavus

Name

Hierophis Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1834: unnumbered

• Type species: Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède, 1789, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1832–1841. Iconographia della Fauna Italica per le Quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Tomo II. Amphibi. Salviucci: Rome. 65 pp. + 153 pls. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schätti, B. & Utiger, U. 2001. Hemerophis, a new genus for Zamenis socotrae Günther, and a contribution to the phylogeny of Old World racers, whip snakes, and related genera (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 108(4): 919–948. BHL Reference page. 
• Nagy, Z.T., Lawson, R., Joger, U. & Wink, M. 2004. Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia, Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 42(3): 223–233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2004.00249.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hierophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Eurasische Zornnattern
English: Eurasian Whip Snakes

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