Plagiopholis blakewayi

Taxonavigation

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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: Pseudoxenodontinae
Genus: Plagiopholis
Species: Plagiopholis blakewayi

Name

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Plagiopholis blakewayi Boulenger, 1893: 301

  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.12.35, ♂, collected by Lieut. Blakeway.
  • Type locality: “Toungyi, Shan States, mountains of Burma, 5000 feet”.

Synonyms

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  • Oligodon kunmingensis Kou & Wu, 1993: 379
    • Holotype: YU 906452, ♂, collected by native on 22 June 1990.
    • Type locality: “western hill of Kunming city (25.0°N, 102.7°E), Yunnan, altitude 1900m”.

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Primary references

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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page
  • Kou, Z.-T. & Wu, J.-Y. 1993. A new species of Oligodon from Yunnan (Serpentes: Colubridae) [in Chinese]. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 18(3): 379–381. Reference page
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Vernacular names

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English: Blakeway’s Blotch-necked Snake