Platyceps rhodorachis ladacensis

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Platyceps rhodorachis ladacensis

Name

Platyceps rhodorachis ladacensis (Anderson, 1871)

Synonyms

• Zamenis ladacensis Anderson, 1871
• Coluber rhodorhachis ladacensis — Nilson & Andren, 1981: 140
• Coluber rhodorhachis ladacensis — Khan, 2002 (pers. comm.)

References

• Nilson, G. & Andren, C. 1981: Die Herpetofauna des Kavir-Schutzgebietes, Kavir-Wüste, Iran. Salamandra, 17 (3/4): 130–146.
• Khan, M.S. & A.Q. Khan 2000: Three new subspecies of snakes of genus Coluber from Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., 32 (1): 49–52.
• Platyceps rhodorachis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Braid Snake