Lycophidion chirioi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Lycophidion
Species: Lycophidion chirioi

Name

Lycophidion chirioi Trape, 2021: 31

• Holotype: MNHN 1997.3606, ♀ collected by Laurent Chirio.
• Type locality: “Sangba (7°55’N’, 20°55’E, altitude 595 m) en République Centrafricaine”.

References

Primary references

• Trape, J.-F. 2021. Trois serpents nouveaux du genre Lycophidion Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata : Lamprophiidae) en Afrique centrale. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 178: 24–37. DOI: 10.48716/bullshf.178-2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Chirio’s Wolf Snake