Platyceps atayevi

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps atayevi

Name

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Platyceps atayevi (Tuniyev & Shammakov, 1993)

  • Holotype: CSBR 420, adult ♂, collected by B.S. Tuniyev on 12 May 1991.
  • Type locality: “environs of Saivan Village, Saivan-Nokhur Plateau, western Kopet-Dag, Bakharden

Region, Turkmenistan”.

Combinations

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  • Coluber atayevi Tuniyev & Shammakov, 1993: 2 [original combination]
  • Platyceps najadum atayeviSchätti, 2004 [subsequent combination]
  • Platyceps atayeviNagy, Lawson, Joger & Wink, 2004 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Venchi, Alberto and Roberto Sindaco 2006. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of the Mediterranean countries, with keys to species identification. Part 2 -Snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria", Genova XCVIII: 259–364.
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Vernacular names

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English: Atayev's Whip Snake