Gonyosoma boulengeri

Gonyosoma boulengeri

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: Gonyosoma
Species: Gonyosoma boulengeri

Name

Gonyosoma boulengeri (Mocquard, 1897)

• Syntypes (6): MNHN 1897.94–99, ♂ and ♀, obtained from Lichtenfelder in 1897.
• Type locality: “des îles Norway, de la baie d’Along, dans le golfe de Tonkin”.

Combinations

• Rhynchophis boulengeri Mocquard, 1897: 215 [original combination]
• Gonyosoma boulengeri — Chen et al., 2014: 537 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Proboscidophis versicolor Fan, 1931: 114 [synonymised by Pope (1935: 277)]
  • Holotype: SYS, ♀, collected by K.K. Wong.
  • Type locality: “Kutchen, Kwangsi”.
  • Paratype: SYS, ♂, collected by K.K. Wong, from “Loshiang, Kwangsi”.

References

Primary references

• Mocquard, F. 1897. Notes herpétologiques. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3(6): 211–217. BHL
• Fan, T.-H. 1931. Preliminary report of reptiles from Yaoshan, Kwangsi, China. Bulletin of the Department of Biology, Sun Yatsen University 11: 1–154, 9 pls. Reference page. 
• Pope, C.H. 1935. The reptiles of China: turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards. American Museum of Natural History: New York. lii + 604 pp., 27 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Chen, X., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the Rainbow Tree Snake Gonyophis margaritatus (Peters, 1871) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3881(6): 532–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.6.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhynchophis boulengeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2021.
• Rao, D.-q. & Lau, M. 2012. IUCN: Rhynchophis boulengeri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190628A1955324. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T190628A1955324.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Vietnamesischen Langnasennatter
English: Rhinoceros Ratsnake

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