Mastigodryas heathii

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: Mastigodryas
Species: Mastigodryas heathii

Name

Mastigodryas heathii (Cope, 1876)

Type locality: Valley of Jequetepeque, Peru.

Synonyms

• Drymobius heathii Cope, 1876: 179
• Drymobius heathii — Cope, 1878: 34
• Dryadophis heathii — Stuart, 1939: 55
• Dryadophis heathii — Stuart, 1941
• Dryadophis boddaertii heathii — Schmidt & Walker, 1943
• Mastigodryas heathii — Lehr et al., 2002

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, New Series 8: 159–183 [1875].
• Stuart, L.C. 1941. Studies of Neotropical Colubrinae VIII. A revision of the genus Dryadophis' Stuart, 1939. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 49: 1–106.
• Lehr, E., Köhler, G. & Streit, B. 2002. Die Herpetofauna von Mittelperu entlang eines Transektes von der pazifischen Küste bis in die Hochanden (Amphibia et Reptilia). Faun. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 22 (2): 361–392.
• Mastigodryas heathii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Heath's Tropical Racer