Mopanveldophis zebrinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

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: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Mopanveldophis
Species: Mopanveldophis zebrinus

Name

Mopanveldophis zebrinus (Broadley & Schätti, 2000)

• Holotype: SMWN R. 8046, ♂, collected by M. Lindeque & M. Griffin on 10 April 1991.
• Type locality: “near the Cunene River, at Ruacana, western Owamboland, Namibia (17°25’S, 14°10’E)”.

Combinations

• Coluber zebrinus Broadley & Schätti, 2000: 172 [original combination]
• Hemerophis zebrinus — Wallach, Williams & Boundy, 2014: 325 [subsequent combination]
• Mopanveldophis zebrinus — Figueroa, McKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux, 2016: 23 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. & Schätti, B. [1997] 2000. A new species of Coluber from northern Namibia (Reptilia: Serpentes). Madoqua 19(2): 171–174. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Figueiroa, A., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Bell, C.D. & Lailvaux, S.P. 2016. A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0161070. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161070 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nagy, Z.T., Lawson, R., Joger, U. & Wink, M. 2004. Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia, Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 42(3): 223–233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2004.00249.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mopanveldophis zebrinus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 December 2017.
• Bauer, A.M. & Becker, F. 2020. IUCN: Mopanveldophis zebrinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T120686019A120906448. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T120686019A120906448.en

Vernacular names

English: Cunene Racer