Plagiopholis blakewayi

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: Pseudoxenodontinae
Genus: Plagiopholis
Species: Plagiopholis blakewayi

Name

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

• 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”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Plagiopholis blakewayi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 February 2020.
• Wogan, G. & Chan-Ard, T. 2012. IUCN: Plagiopholis blakewayi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192076A2036756. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192076A2036756.en. Accessed on 13 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Blakeway’s Blotch-necked Snake