Amastridium veliferum

Amastridium veliferum

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Amastridium
Species: Amastridium veliferum

Name

• Amastridium veliferum Cope, 1861: 370

Holotype: ANSP 3738, ♂.

Type locality: “Cocuyas de Veraguas, N. Grenada [=Panama].”

Synonyms

• Fleischmannia obscura Boettger, 1898: 69 [synonymized by Dunn (1925: 1)]

Holotype: SMF 20332.

Type locality: “San José, Costa Rica.”

• Phrydops melas Boulenger, 1905: 454 [synonymized by Dunn (1931: 163)]

Holotype: BMNH 1905.1.30.53.

Type locality: “Carriblanco, Costa Rica.”

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Descriptions of reptiles from tropical America and Asia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 368–374. BHL Reference page. 
• Boettger, O. 1898. Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt/M. 2.Teil (Schlangen). Gebr. Knauer: Frankfurt. i–ix + 1–160. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1905. Descriptions of new snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 7, 15(89): 453–456. BHL
• Dunn, E.R. 1924. Amastridium - a neglected genus of snakes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65(11): 1–3. BHL
• Dunn, E.R. 1931. Some Central American snake genera. Copeia 1931(4): 163. DOI: 10.2307/1436414 JSTOR

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amastridium veliferum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 may 2018.
• Sasa, M. & Wilson, L.D. 2013. IUCN: Amastridium veliferum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T197428A2482444. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197428A2482444.en

Vernacular names

English: Rufous-headed Snake
español: Culebra cabeza cobriza