Opisthotropis cucae

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 cucae

Name

Opisthotropis cucae David , Pham, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2011: 44

• Holotype: IEBR A.0924, adult ♀, collected by Ho Thu Cuc and Pham The Cuong on 22 May 2009.
• Type locality: “Chu Mom Ray National Park, Sa Thay District, Kon Tum Province (14° 26.227' N, 107° 43.268' E), 740 m elevation, Vietnam”.

References

Primary references

• David, P., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2011. A new species of the genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Squamata: Natricidae) from the highlands of Kon Tum Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 2758(1): 43–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2758.1.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Cuc’s Mountain Snake