Pseudoxyrhopus sokosoko

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: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Pseudoxyrhopus
Species: Pseudoxyrhopus sokosoko

Name

Pseudoxyrhopus sokosoko Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994

• Holotype: UMMZ 195847.
• Type locality: “Ampamakiesiny Pass 14 km NW of Ranomafana-Sud, Tolanaro (Fort Dauphin) Fivondronana, Toliara (Tuléar) Province, Madagascar, 24° 32’ S, 47° 51’ E, 800 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1994. A review of the madagascan snake genera Pseudoxyrhopus, Pararhadinaea and Heteroliodon (Squamata: Colubridae). Miscellaneous Publications. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 182: I–IV + 1–37.