Incaspis amaru

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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Tribus: Incaspidini
Genus: Incaspis
Species: Incaspis amaru

Name

Incaspis amaru (Zaher, Arredondo, Valencia, Arbeláez, Rodrigues & Altamirano-Benavides, 2014)

• Holotype: FHGO 4749, adult ♂, collected by Ernesto Arbeláez on 6 June 2006.
• Type locality: “Termas de Aguas Calientes-Soldados (2°55′55″ S, 79°12′37″ W, ca. 3196 m), Parroquia San Joaquín, Cantón Cuenca, Province of Azuay, Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Philodryas amaru Zaher, Arredondo, Valencia, Arbeláez, Rodrigues & Altamirano-Benavides, 2014: 470 [original combination]
• Incaspis amaru — Arredondo, Grazziotin, Scrocchi, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher, 2020: 9 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Zaher, H., Arredondo, J.C., Valencia, J.H., Arbeláez, E., Rodrigues, M.T. & Altamirano-Benavides, M.A. 2014. A new Andean species of Philodryas (Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa 3785(3): 469–480. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.3.8 Reference page. 
• Arredondo, J.C., Grazziotin, F.G., Scrocchi, G.J., Rodrigues, M.T., Bonatto, S.L. & Zaher, H. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Philodryadini Cope, 1886 (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae): Rediscovering the diversity of the South American Racers. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60: e20206053. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.53 Reference page.