Opisthotropis alcalai

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: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Opisthotropis
Species: Opisthotropis alcalai

Name

Opisthotropis alcalai Brown & Leviton, 1961: 2

Holotype: SU 22250, CAS-SUR 22250.

Type locality: Cugat Creek, on the west side of Dapitan Peak, Mt. Malindang, Zamboanga del Norte Province, Mindanao (2500 m).

Synonyms

• Opisthotropis alcali Brown & Leviton, 1961: 2
• Opisthotropis alcalai — Brown & Alcala, 1970: 115

References

• Brown, W.C. & Leviton, A.E. 1961: Discovery of the snake genus Opisthotropis in the Philippine Islands, with description of a new species. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum of Stanford University, 8: 1–11.
• Brown, Walter C.; Alcala, Angel C. 1970: The zoogeography of the herpetofauna of the Philippine Islands, a fringing archipelago. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 38 (6): 105–130.

Vernacular names

English: Gary's Mountain Keelback