Platyceps saharicus

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 saharicus

Name

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Platyceps saharicus Schätti & C. McCarthy, 2004

Type locality: St. Catherine’s Monastery area, Wadi el Sheikh.

Holotype: FMNH 72108.

Synonyms

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  • Coluber florulentusRüppell, 1845: 308 [part.]
  • Zamenis ventrimaculatus [sic]— Günther in Burton, 1878: 398
  • Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Boulenger, 1893: 381ff [part.]
  • Zamenis rhodorhachis var. ladacensisBoettger, 1898: 44
  • Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Steindachner, 1900: 334
  • Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Barbour, 1914: 88
  • Coluber rhodorachisFlower, 1933: 809
  • Coluber rhodorhachis [sic] — Schmidt & Marx, 1956: 29
  • Coluber r. rhodorachisKramer & Schnurrenberger, 1963: 501
  • Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Marx, 1968: 31
  • Coluber r. ladacensisMertens, 1969: 60 [part.]
  • Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Werner, 1971: 244
  • Coluber rhodorhachis [sic] — Branch, 1980: 343
  • Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Gasperetti, 1988: 219
  • Coluber rhodorachisLeviton et al., 1992: 92 [part.]
  • Coluber r. rhodorachisEl-Oran et al., 1994: 361
  • Platyceps saharicus Schätti & Mccarthy, 2004

References

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  • Schätti, B. & McCarthy, C. 2004: Saharo-Arabian racers of the Platyceps rhodorhachis complex - description of a new species (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. Suisse Zoologie, 111 (4): 691–705.
  • El-Oran, Ratib M.; Al-Melhem, Walid N.; Amr, Zuhair S. 1994: Snakes of southern Jordan. Bollettino di Zoologia, 61: 359–367.
  • Platyceps saharicus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

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English: Sahara Racer