Mintonophis pakistanicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Mintonophis
Species: Mintonophis pakistanicus

Name

• Mintonophis pakistanicus (Mertens, 1959)

Holotype: SMF 56340, ♂, collected by M.G. Konieczny on 5 June 1958.

Type locality: “Jati, unteres Indus-Gebiet, Sind, West-Pakistan”.

Combinations

• Enhydris pakistanica Mertens, 1959: 117 [original combination]
• Mintonophis pakistanicus — Murphy & Voris, 2014: 28 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Mertens, R. 1959. Eine neue Wassernatter aus West-Pakistan. Senckenbergiana biologica 40: 117–120.
• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mintonophis pakistanicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris pakistanica  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176671A7281191. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176671A7281191.en

Vernacular names

English: Sind River Mud Snake