Polemon acanthias

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Elapoidea 

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Atractaspididae
Subfamilia: Aparallactinae
Genus: Polemon
Species: Polemon acanthias

Name

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Lectotype: ZMUC-R63128, collected by Schönning in 1850. [designated by Braestrup in Hughes & Barry (1969: 1024)]

Type locality: “Guinea”, corrected to “coast of Ghana” by Hughes & Barry (1969: 1024).

Combinations

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  • Urobelus acanthias Reinhardt, 1860: 229 [original combination]
  • Elapomorphus acanthiasJan, 1863: 47 [subsequent combination]
  • Miodon acanthiasBoulenger, 1896: 250 [subsequent combination]
  • Polemon acanthiasVilliers, 1975: 143 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Reinhardt's Snake-eater