Leptophis ahaetulla praestans

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 praestans

Name

Leptophis ahaetulla praestans (Cope, 1868)

Synonyms

• Thrasops praestans Cope, 1869: 309
• Thrasops (Ahaetulla) sargii Fischer, 1881: 229
• Leptophis maximus Weller, 1930: 7
• Thalerophis richardi praestans — Oliver, 1948: 248
• Leptophis ahaetulla praestans — ICZN, 1958: 270
• Leptophis ahaetulla praestans — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970

References

• Cope, E.D. 1876. Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon and western Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 159–183 [1875].
• Weller, W.H. 1930. Description of a new species of colubrine snake, of the genus Leptophis. Proceedings of the Junior Society of Natural Sciences. Cincinnati 1: 7.
• Leptophis ahaetulla at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Parrot Snake