Aspidura brachyorrhos

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: Natricinae
Genus: Aspidura
Species: Aspidura brachyorrhos

Name

• Aspidura brachyorrhos (Boie, 1827)

Holotype: IRSN collected by P.-A.J. Drapiez between 1819–1827. [lost fide Gans & Fetcho (1982: 285)]

Type locality: “Java” (in error), corrected to “Ceylon” by Boie (1831); restricted to “Sri Lanka” by Gans & Fetcho (1982: 286).

Combinations

• Scytale brachyorrhos Boie, 1827: 517 [original combination]
• Aspidura brachyorrhos — Wagler, 1830: 191 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20: 508–566. BHL
• Gans, C. & Fetcho, J.R. 1982. The Sri Lankan genus Aspidura (Serpentes, Reptilia, Colubridae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 51(14): 271–316. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Aspidura brachyorrhos. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Boie's Rough-sided Snake