Platyceps rogersi

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 rogersi

Name

Platyceps rogersi (Anderson, 1893)

Type locality: Lower Egypt.

Synonyms

• Zamenis rogersi Anderson, 1893: 439
• Coluber rogersi — Flower, 1933
• Haemorrhois rogersi — Welch
• Coluber rogersi —Schätti & Wilson, 1986
• Coluber rogersi — Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch, 1996: 486
• Platyceps rogersi — Schätti, 2004
• Platyceps rogersi — Nagy et al., 2004
• Platyceps cf. rogersi — Sindaco et al., 2006

References

• Anderson, J. 1893: On a new species of Zamenis and a new species of Bufo from Egypt. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12: 439–440.
• Schätti, B. 2004: Morphology and systematics of Platyceps rogersi (Anderson, 1893) - a review of the situation. Herpetozoa, 17 (3/4):161-174.
• Sindaco, R.; Serra, G. & Menegon, M. 2006: New data on the Syrian herpetofauna with a newly recorded species of snake. Zoology of the Middle-East, 37: 29–38.
• Platyceps rogersi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Rogers' Racer