Hierophis viridiflavus viridiflavus

Hierophis viridiflavus 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: Hierophis viridiflavus viridiflavus

Name

Hierophis viridiflavus 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).

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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hierophis viridiflavus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Striped Whip Snake