Hierophis viridiflavus

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: Hierophis viridiflavus
Subspecies (2): H. v. carbonarius – H. v. viridiflavus

Name

Hierophis viridiflavus (Lacépède, 1789) [conserved name]

• Type material: Unknown.
• Type locality: “plusieurs Provincés de France, & sur-tout dans les méridionales”.
• Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1686 (1992: 174).

Combinations

• Coluber viridi-flavus Lacépède, 1789: 86 [original combination]
• Zamenis viridiflavus — Wagler, 1830: 188 [subsequent combination]
• Hierophis viridiflavus — Fitzinger, 1843: 26 [subsequent combination]
• Zamenis gemonensis viridiflavus — Bedriaga, 1883: 293 [subsequent combination]
• Haemorrhois [sic] viridiflavus — Welch, 1980 [subsequent combination]
• Eremiophis viridiflavus — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire naturelle des serpens. Tome Second. Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 462 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1992. Opinion 1686. Natrix gemonensis Laurenti, 1768 (currently Coluber gemonensis), Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède, 1789 and Coluber helveticus Lacépède, 1789 (currently Natrix natrix helvetica) (Reptilia, Serpentes): specific names conserved . Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49(2): 174–175. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schätti, B. & Vanni, S. 1986. Intraspecific Variation in Coluber viridiflavus Lacépède, 1789, and validity of its subspecies (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 93(1): 219–232. BHL Reference page. 
• Nagy, Z.T., Joger, U., Guicking, D. & Wink, M. 2002. Phylogeography of the European Whip Snake, Coluber (Hierophis) viridiflavus as inferred from nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and ISSR genomic fingerprinting. Biota 3(1–2): 109–118. ResearchGate 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.
• Utiger, U. & Schätti, B. 2004. Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the Cyprus racer, Hierophis cypriensis, and the systematic status of Coluber gemonensis gyarosensis Mertens (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111(1): 225–238. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Mezzasalma, M., Dall’Asta, A., Loy, A., Cheylan, M., Lymberakis, P., Zuffi, M.A.L., Tomović, L., Odierna, G. & Guarino, F.M. 2015. A sisters’ story: a multidisciplinary study on the comparative phylogeography and taxonomy of Hierophis viridiflavus and H. gemonensis (Serpentes, Colubridae). Zoologica Scripta 44(5): 495–508. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12115 Reference page. 
• Speybroeck, J., Beukema, W., Dufresnes, C., Fritz, U., Jablonski, D., Lymberakis, P., Martínez-Solano, I., Razzetti, E., Vamberger, M., Vences, M., Vörös, J. & Crochet, P.-A. 2020. Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica. Amphibia-Reptilia 41(2): 139–189. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10010 Reference page. 
• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Senczuk, G., Gramolini, L., Avella, I., Mori, E., Menchetti, M., Aloise, G. & Castiglia, R. 2021. No association between candidate genes for color determination and color phenotype in Hierophis viridiflavus, and characterization of a contact zone. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(3): 748–759. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12451 Reference page. 
• Storniolo, F., Mangiacotti, M., Zuffi, M.A.L., Scali, S. & Sacchi, R. 2023. Large scale phenotypic characterisation of Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata: Serpentes): climatic and environmental drivers suggest the role of evolutionary processes in a polymorphic species. Evolutionary Ecology 37: 419–434. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-023-10234-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hierophis viridiflavus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 June 2023.
• Vogrin, M., Corti, C., Pérez Mellado, V., Sá-Sousa, P., Cheylan, M., Pleguezuelos, J., Meyer, A., Schmidt, B., Sindaco, R., Romano, A. & Martinez Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Hierophis viridiflavus  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61449A86246670. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61449A12487580.en. Accessed on 11 June 2023.

Vernacular names

aragonés: Cullebra amariella
català: Serp verda i groga
Deutsch: Gelbgrüne Zornnatter
English: Western Whip Snake
español: Culebra verdiamarilla
euskara: Suge berde-hori
français: Couleuvre verte et jaune
italiano: Biacco

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