Platyceps rhodorachis

Platyceps rhodorachis

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps rhodorachis
Subspecies: P. r. kashmirensis – P. r. ladacensis – P. r. rhodorachis – P. r. subniger

Name

Platyceps rhodorachis (Jan, 1865)

Type locality: Arabian Peninsula; Shiraz (Iran).

Synonyms

• Zamenis rhodorhachis Jan, 1865: 356
• Zamenis ventromaculatus Günther, 1858 (nom. nud.)
• Zamenis ventrimaculatus — Boulenger, 1887: 408
• Zamenis rhodorhachis — Boulenger, 1893: 398
• Zamenis rhodorhachis — Wall, 1908
• Zamenis ventrimaculatus — Nikolsky, 1916
• Coluber rhodorachis — Parker, 1931
• Coluber rhodorachis — Smith, 1943
• Coluber rhodorhachus rhodorhachus [sic] — Sochurek, 1979
• Coluber rhodorachis — Frynta et al., 1997
• Haemorrhois rhodorhachis — Welch
• Eremiophis rhodorhachis
• Coluber rhodorachis — Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch, 1996: 484
• Platyceps rhodorachis — Utiger et al., 2002
• Coluber rhodorachis — Szczerbak, 2003
• Platyceps rhodorachis — Nagy et al., 2004

References

• Jan, G. 1865: in: De Filippi, Note di un Viaggio in Persia nel 1862. G. Daelli & C. Editori, Milan, xi + 396 pp.
• Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002: Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105–124.
• Nagy, Z.T.; R. Lawson, U. Joger, M. Wink 2004: Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia: Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 42 (3): 223–233.
• Sinaiko, G., Magory-Cohen, T., Meiri, S. & Dor, R. 2018. Taxonomic revision of Israeli snakes belonging to the Platyceps rhodorachis species complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4379(3): 301–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Platyceps rhodorachis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Braid Snake, Jan’s Cliff Racer, Wadi Racer