Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis

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: Leptophis
Species: Leptophis ahaetulla
Subspecies: Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis

Name

Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis (Günther, 1859)

Synonyms

• Ahaetulla occidentalis Günther, 1859: 412
• Ahaetulla urosticta Peters, 1873: 606
• Leptophis ultramarinus Cope, 1894: 203
• Leptophis occidentalis - Boulenger, 1894: 111
• Leptophis urostictus - Boulenger, 1894: 114
• Leptophis occidentalis occidentalis — Stuart, 1935: 50
• Leptophis occidentalis — Stuart, 1937
• Thalerophis richardi occidentalis — Oliver, 1948: 241
• Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis — ICZN, 1958: 270
• Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 163

References

• Günther, A. 1866. Fifth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 18: 24–29.
• Stuart, L. C. 1935. A contribution to a knowledge of the herpetology of a portion of the savanna region of Central Peten, Guatemala. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Miscellaneous Publications 29: 1–56.
• Leptophis ahaetulla at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Occidental Parrot Snake