Platyceps ventromaculatus bengalensis

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: Platyceps ventromaculatus bengalensis

Name

Platyceps ventromaculatus bengalensis (Khan & Khan, 2000)

Type locality: Bengal, description from fig 1 Plate 80 of Gray 1830-35.

References

• Khan, M.S. & Khan, A.Q. 2000. Three new subspecies of snakes of genus Coluber from Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool. 32(1): 49–52.
• Platyceps ventromaculatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Bengal Hardwicke's Rat Snake