Platyceps ventromaculatus

Platyceps ventromaculatus

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 ventromaculatus
Subspecies: P. v. bengalensis – P. v. indusai – P. v. ventromaculatus

Name

Platyceps ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834)

Type locality: Upper and lower Indus Valley.

Synonyms

• Coluber ventromaculatus Gray, 1834: 80
• Zamenis ventrimaculatus — Günther, 1859: 223
• Zamenis ventrimaculatus — Boulenger, 1887: 408
• Zamenis ventrimaculatus — Boulenger, 1893: 399
• Zamenis ventrimaculatus Boulenger, 1920
• Coluber ventrimaculatus Corkill, 1932
• Coluber ventromaculatus — Haas, 1957: 79
• Coluber ventromaculatus —Schätti & Wilson, 1986
• Coluber ventromaculatus — Das, 1996: 55
• Platyceps ventromaculatus — Schätti & Monsch, 2004
• Argyrogena ventromaculatus — Sharma, 2004
• Platyceps ventromaculatus — Nagy et al., 2004

References

• Gray. J.E. 1835: Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke. Vol. 2. London (1833-1834): 263 pp., 95 plates.
• Schätti B. & Monsch, P. 2004: Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 111 (2): 239–256.
• Nagy, Z.T.; R. Lawson, U. Joger, M. Wink 2004: Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia: Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 42 (3): 223–233.
• Platyceps ventromaculatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Hardwicke's Rat Snake