Hypsiscopus wettsteini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Hypsiscopus
Species: Hypsiscopus wettsteini

Name

Hypsiscopus wettsteini (Amaral, 1929)

• Holotype: NHMW 18726, adult ♀, collected by Mr. Garlepp between 1911–1912.
• Type locality: “San Juan de Viñas (1000 ms alt.), base of Volcano Turialba, central Costa Rica” in error fide Rossman & Scott (1968).

Combinations

• Helicops wettsteini Amaral, 1929: 40 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Amaral, A. 1929. Studies of Neotropical Ophidia. XIII: A new colubrine snake in the collection of the Vienna Museum. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 3 (2): 40.

Additional references

• David, P. & Vogel, G. 2024. On the status of Helicops wettsteini Amaral, 1929, a senior synonym of Hypsiscopus murphyi (SERPENTES: Homalopsidae). Zootaxa 5415(2): 300–308. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.4 Reference page. 
• Bernstein, J.M., Murphy, R.W., Lathrop, A., Nguyen, S.N., Orlov, N.L. & Stuart, B.L. 2024. Incorporating New Datatypes to Enhance Species Delimitation: A Case Study in Rice Paddy Snakes (Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus). Zootaxa 5501(1): 39–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.1.2 Reference page.