Platyceps variabilis manseri

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 variabilis
Subspecies: Platyceps variabilis manseri

Name

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Platyceps variabilis manseri Leviton, 1986

  • Holotype: CAS 140514.
  • Type locality: “Hakimah”, Saudi Arabia.

Combinations

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  • Coluber manseri Leviton, 1986 [original combination]
  • Coluber variabilis manseriSchätti & Gasperetti, 1994 [subsequent combination]
  • Platyceps manseriEgan, 2007 [subsequent combination]
  • Platyceps variabilis manseriSchätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski, 2014 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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  • Leviton A. E. 1986. Description of a new species of Coluber (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from the southern Tihama of Saudi Arabia, with comments on the biogeography of southwestern Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 436–446.

Additional references

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  • Egan, D. 2007. Snakes of Arabia. Motivate Publishing: Dubai. 208 pp.
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Vernacular names

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English: Manser's Black Racer