Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus

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: Rhynchocalamus
Species: Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus

Name

• Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Jan, 1862)

Lectotype: MHNG 1246.77, ♀. [designated by Wallach, Williams & Bound (2014: 654)]

Type locality: “Bairut [=Beirut]”, Beirut Prov., W Lebanon, 33°53’N, 35°30’E, elevation NSL.

Combinations

• Homalosoma melanocephalum Jan, 1862: 34 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus Günther, 1864: 491 [preoccupied name]

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.3.29.

Type locality: “Merom”, Israel.

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1862. Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2: 1–76. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 July 2017.