Platyceps rhodorachis

Platyceps rhodorachis

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 rhodorachis
Subspecies: P. r. kashmirensis – P. r. ladacensis – P. r. rhodorachis – P. r. subniger

Name

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Platyceps rhodorachis (Jan, 1865)

Type locality: Arabian Peninsula; Shiraz (Iran).

Synonyms

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  • Zamenis rhodorhachis Jan, 1865: 356
  • Zamenis ventromaculatus Günther, 1858 (nom. nud.)
  • Zamenis ventrimaculatusBoulenger, 1887: 408
  • Zamenis rhodorhachisBoulenger, 1893: 398
  • Zamenis rhodorhachisWall, 1908
  • Zamenis ventrimaculatusNikolsky, 1916
  • Coluber rhodorachisParker, 1931
  • Coluber rhodorachisSmith, 1943
  • Coluber rhodorhachus rhodorhachus [sic] — Sochurek, 1979
  • Coluber rhodorachisFrynta et al., 1997
  • Haemorrhois rhodorhachisWelch
  • Eremiophis rhodorhachis
  • Coluber rhodorachisSchleich, Kästle & Kabisch, 1996: 484
  • Platyceps rhodorachisUtiger et al., 2002
  • Coluber rhodorachisSzczerbak, 2003
  • Platyceps rhodorachisNagy et al., 2004

References

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  • 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
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Vernacular names

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