Mastigodryas cliftoni

Taxonavigation

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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: Mastigodryas
Species: Mastigodryas cliftoni

Name

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Mastigodryas cliftoni (Hardy, 1964)

  • Holotype: KU 73489, adult ♂, collected by P.L. Clifton on 29 August 1962.
  • Type locality: “Plumosas, 22 kilometers east of Matatán, elevation 770 meters, Sinaloa, México”.
  • Paratypes (n=3): KU 73488 from “3 kilometers southeast Talpa, 1,570 meters, Jalisco”, and KU 73490-91, from type locality.

Combinations

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  • Dryadophis cliftoni Hardy, 1964: 714 [original combination, nomen novum pro Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy, 1963]
  • Mastigodryas cliftoniDixon & Tipton, 2004: 345 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Synonyms

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  • Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy, 1963: 669 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Coluber fasciatus Rosén, 1905]
    • Holotype: KU 73489, adult ♂, collected by P.L. Clifton on 29 August 1962.
    • Type locality: “Plumosas, 22 kilometers east of Matatán, elevation 770 meters, Sinaloa, México”.
    • Paratypes (n=3): KU 73488 from 3 kilometers southeast Talpa, 1,570 meters, Jalisco”, and KU 73490-91, from type locality.

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Ponce-Campos, P. & Huerta-Ortega, S.M. 1998. Dryadophis cliftoni (Clifton’s Lizard Eater). Mexico: Nayarit. Herpetological Review 29(3): 176.
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Vernacular names

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English: Clifton’s Lizard Eater