Hypsiglena tanzeri

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 Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Hypsiglena
Species: Hypsiglena tanzeri

Name

• Hypsiglena tanzeri Dixon & Lieb, 1972: 2

Holotype: TCWC 34079, adult ♂, collected Frank Guyer on 13 April 1971.

Type locality: “5 km E. Jalpan, Querétaro, Mexico, 762 m, 99º27’ W, 21º13’ N”.

References

Primary references

• Dixon, J.R. & Lieb, C.S. 1972. A new night snake from Mexico (Serpentes: Colubridae). Contributions in Science 222: 1–7. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Hypsiglena tanzeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 September 2018.
• Frost, D.R. 2007. IUCN: Hypsiglena tanzeri  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63822A12719103. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63822A12719103.en

Vernacular names

English: Rio Verde/Tanzer's Nightsnake