Platyceps schmidtleri

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

Platyceps schmidtleri (Schätti & McCarthy, 2001)

Holotype: FMNH 170927, adult ♂, collected by E.D. Womochel on 14 October 1968.
Type locality: “‘Fars, 5 mi. N. E. Yasoodi’ (Yasuj, Boyerahmad-va-Kogiluye, 30°40’N, 51°36’E)”

Coluber schmidtleri Schätti & McCarthy, 2001 [original combination]
Platyceps schmidtleri — Schätti & Utiger, 2001 [subsequent combination]
Platyceps najadum schmidtleri — Schätti, Stutz & Chavret, 2005: 609 [subsequent combination]

Schätti, B. & McCarthy, C. 2001. Coluber (sensu lato) schmidtleri n. sp. from the southern Zagros Mountains in Iran. Herpetozoa 14(1/2): 81–89.
Schätti, B. & Utiger, U. 2001. Hemerophis, a new genus for Zamenis socotrae Günther, and a contribution to the phylogeny of Old World racers, whip snakes, and related genera (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 108(4): 919–948. BHL Reference page.

Schätti, B. & Monsch, P. 2004. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner, 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 111(2): 239–256. BHL Reference page.

English: Zagros Whip Snake