Ninia schmidti

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 schmidti

Name

Ninia schmidti (Jan, 1862)

• Neotype: ZMH R10390, adult ♀, collected by Bi. Jansen between 1901 and 1902.
• Type locality: “Guayaquil, Guayas province, Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Streptophorus sebae schmidti Jan, 1862: 27 [original combination]
• Ninia schmidti — Arteaga & Harris, 2023: 320 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Arteaga, A. & Harris, K.J. 2023. A new species of Ninia (Serpentes, Colubridae) from western Ecuador and revalidation of N. schmidti. Evolutionary Systematics 7(2): 317–334. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.112476 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Schmidt’s Coffee-Snake
español: Culebra cafetera de Schmidt