Pseudoferania polylepis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea 

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Pseudoferania
Species: Pseudoferania polylepis

Name edit

  • Pseudoferania polylepis (Fischer, 1886)

Holotype: MTKD D 437, ♀, collected by Gerrard on 1885. [destroyed on 13–14 February 1945 during WWII]

Type locality: “Fly River im Südlichen Neuguinea”.

Combinations edit

  • Hypsirhina polylepis Fischer, 1886: 14 [original combination]
  • Enhydris polylepisKinghorn, 1929: 86 [subsequent combination]
  • Pseudoferania polylepisWells & Wellington, 1983: 108 [subsequent combination]

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Fischer, J.G. 1886. Herpetologische Notizen. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg 9: 51–67.

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Vernacular names edit

English: Macleay's Mud Snake