Oxybelis aeneus

Oxybelis aeneus

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Oxybelis
Species: Oxybelis aeneus

Name

Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824)

• Lectotype: ZSM 2645/0, ♀, collected by J.B. von Spix between November–December 1819. [designated by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983: 326)]
• Type locality: “sylvis adjacentibus flumini Solimöens, prope Ega” [=forest along the Solimõens River, near Ega, now Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil (~ 03°21′ S, 64°42′ W)].

Combinations

• Dryinus aeneus Wagler, 1824: 12 [original combination]
• Oxybelis aeneus — Wagler, 1830: 183 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Wagler, J. 1824. Serpentum brasiliensium species novae ou Histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l’intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière, publiée par Jean de Spix,...décrite d’après les notes du voyageur par Jean Wagler. Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni: Munich. vii + 75 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoogmoed, M.S. & Gruber, U. 1983. Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands). In: Fittkau, E.J. & Tiefenbacher, L. (eds.). Festschrift zu Ehren von Dr. Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix. Spixiana Supplement 9: 319–415. BHL; PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gasc & Rodrigues 1980. Liste preliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 2(4): 559–598.
• Lehr, E.; Köhler, G. & Streit, B. 2002. Die Herpetofauna von Mittelperu entlang eines Transektes von der pazifischen Küste bis in die Hochanden (Amphibia et Reptilia). Faun. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 22(2): 361–392.
• Jadin, R.C., Blair, C., Jowers, M.J., Carmona, A. & Murphy, J.C. 2019. Hiding in the lianas of the tree of life: Molecular phylogenetics and species de-limitation reveal considerable cryptic diversity of New World Vine Snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134: 61–65. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.022 Reference page. 
• Jadin, R.C., Blair, C., Orlofske, S.A., Jowers, M.J., Rivas, G.A., Vitt, L.J., Ray, J.M., Smith, E.N. & Murphy, J.C. 2020. Not withering on the evolutionary vine: Systematic revision of New World Vine Snakes. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 20: 723–746. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-020-00461-0 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oxybelis aeneus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 March 2021.
• Hammerson, G.A., Ines Hladki, A., Lee, J., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Urbina, N., Vazquez Díaz, J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Gonzales, L., Catenazzi, A., Nogueira, C., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Oxybelis aeneus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T198390A2523934. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T198390A2523934.en

Vernacular names

English: Brown Vine Snake

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