Meizodon plumbiceps

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: Meizodon
Species: Meizodon plumbiceps

Name

Meizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893)

Type locality: Ogadeen, Somaliland.

Synonyms

• Coronella plumbiceps Boettger, 1893: 117
• Coronella somalica Scortecci, 1932
• Meizodon loveridgei Bogert, 1940

References

• Boettger, O. 1893: Übersicht der von Prof. C. Keller anlässlich der Ruspoli'schen Expedition nach den Somaliländern gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier. Zool. Anz. 16(416): 113–119.
• Scortecci, G. 1932: Descrizione preliminare di un nuovo ofidio ed un anfibio della Somalia italiana. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 71: 58–60.
• Bogert, C.M. 1940: Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition. I. Snakes, including an arrangement of the African Colubridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 77: 1–107.
• Meizodon plumbiceps at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Black-headed Smooth Snake