Oxyrhopus petolarius

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

Oxyrhopus petolarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Syntypes (n=8): ZMUU 8 (C. Gyllenborg, 1744), ZMUU 45 (MP, 1745), ZMUU 151 (JA, 1749), NHR Lin-73 (formerly MAFR), an 845 mm specimen (Mus. Drottn.), NHR Lin-74 (formerly MAFR), a 490 mm specimen (Mus. Drottn.), and NHR Lin-75 (formerly MAFR), 740 mm, 450 mm and 410 mm specimens (Mus. Drottn.).
Type locality: “Indiis”.

Coluber petolarius Linnaeus, 1758: 255 [original combination]
Lycodon petolarius — Filippi, 1840 [subsequent combination]
Oxyrhopus petolarius — Smith, Williams & Pérez-Higareda, 1986 [subsequent combination]

Coluber petola Linnaeus, 1758: 255 [synonymised by Lönnberg, 1896]
- Type locality: “Africa”.

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Lönnberg, E. 1896. Linnean type-specimens of birds, reptiles, batrachians and fishes in the Zoological Museum of the R. University in Upsala. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien Handlingar 22: 1–45.
Savage, J.M. 2011. The correct species-group name for an Oxyrhopus (Squamata: Dipsadidae) variously called Coluber petalarius, C. pethola, C. petola, or C. petolarius by early authors. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124 (3): 223-225 DOI: 10.2988/11-06.1
Costa, J.C.L., Kucharzewski, C. & Prudente, A.L.C. 2015. The real identity of Leptodira nycthemera Werner, 1901 from Ecuador: a junior synonym of Oxyrhopus petolarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes, Dipsadidae). Zookeys, 506: 119–125. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.506.9074 Full article view Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oxyrhopus petolarius. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2023.
Chaves, G., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Gagliardi, G., Gonzales, L., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Köhler, G., Lamar, W., Nogueira, C., Porras, L.W., Rivas, G., Solórzano, A. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Oxyrhopus petolarius (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T198391A2524138. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T198391A2524138.en. Accessed on 20 June 2023.

English: Forest Flame Snake