Meizodon semiornatus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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 semiornatus
Subspecies: M. s. semiornatus – M. s. tchadensis

Name

Meizodon semiornatus (Peters, 1854)

Type locality: “Tette” [Mozambique].

Syntypes: ZMB 4804, 4805 (2 specimens).

Synonyms

• Coronella semiornata Peters, 1854: 622
• Zamenis Fischeri Peters, 1879: 777
• Coronella inornata Fischer, 1884 (fide Loveridge, 1957)
• Zamenis citernii Boulenger, 1912
• Zamenis tchadensis Chabanaud, 1917: 451
• Coronella semiornata — Loveridge, 1936: 33
• Coluber citernii - Loveridge, 1957
• Meizodon semiornatus — Auerbach, 1987: 181
• Meizodon semiornatus — Boycott, 1992
• Meizodon semiornatus semiornatus — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 30

References

• Peters, W.C.H. 1854: Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 614–628.
• Auerbach, R.D. 1987: The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Gaborone Printing Works, Botswana, 295 pp.
• Boycott, R.C. 1992: An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland. The Conservation Trust of Swaziland, 1992; online at https://web.archive.org/web/20120914175238/http://www.sntc.org.sz/checklst/sdreptam.html.
• Meizodon semiornatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Semiornate Snake