Polemon acanthias

Taxonavigation

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

• Polemon acanthias (Reinhardt, 1860)

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

• Urobelus acanthias Reinhardt, 1860: 229 [original combination]
• Elapomorphus acanthias — Jan, 1863: 47 [subsequent combination]
• Miodon acanthias — Boulenger, 1896: 250 [subsequent combination]
• Polemon acanthias — Villiers, 1975: 143 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Reinhardt, J.T. 1860 [1861]. Herpetologiske Middelelser. II. Beskrivelser af nogle nye til Calamariernes Familie henhörende Slänger. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn 2: 229–250. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Polemon acanthias. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 June 2019.
• Rödel , M.-O., Luiselli, L. & Chirio, L. 2013. IUCN: Polemon acanthias  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13264485A13264494. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13264485A13264494.en

Vernacular names

English: Reinhardt's Snake-eater