Magliophis exiguum

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: Alsophiini
Genus: Magliophis
Species: Magliophis exiguum
Subspecies (2): M. e. exiguum – M. e. subspadix

Name

• Magliophis exiguum (Cope, 1862)

Syntypes (5): formerly ANSP & USNM, collected by Rüse, between 1855–1862. [lost fide Schwartz & Henderson (1991: 585)]

Type locality: “St. Johns and St. Thomas, W.I.”, restricted to “St. Thomas”, U.S. Virgin Islands by Schwartz (1967: 3).

Combinations

• Dromicus exiguus Cope, 1862: 79 [original combination]
• Arrhyton exiguus — Maglio, 1970 [subsequent combination]
• Magliophis exiguum — Zaher et al., 2009 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Magliophis exiguum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 July 2018.

Vernacular names

español: Culebrita de jardín