Ninia atrata

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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Ninia
Species: Ninia atrata

Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845) [conserved name]

Syntypes (n=3): ANSP 3410-12, donated by Samuel Ashmead.
Type locality: “Republic of Columbia, within two hundred miles of Caraccas”.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 644 (1963: 26).

Hallowell, E. 1845. Descriptions of reptiles from South America, supposed to be new. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2: 241–247. BHL
Cope, E.D. 1860. Notes and descriptions of new and little known species of American reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 339–345. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1963. Opinion 644. Coluber atratus Hallowell, 1845 (Reptilia); Validation under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(1): 36–28. BHL Reference page.

Ibáñez, R., Ines Hladki, A., Jaramillo, C., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Urbina, N., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2016. IUCN: Ninia atrata (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203548A115350814. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203548A2768302.en. Accessed on 26 January 2024.

English: Hallowell's Coffee Snake