Sinomicrurus japonicus

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: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Sinomicrurus
Species: Sinomicrurus japonicus
Subspecies (2): S. j. boettgeri – S. j. japonicus

Name

• Sinomicrurus japonicus (Günther, 1868)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.97, collected by Whitely.

Type locality: “Nagasaki”, in error fide Boulenger (1896: 395), corrected to “Ryukyu Is.” by Stejneger (1907: 389).

Combinations

• Callophis japonicus Günther, 1868: 428 [original combination]
• Hemibungarus japonicus — Boulenger, 1896: 395 [subsequent combination]
• Sinomicrurus japonicus — Slowinski, Boundy & Lawson, 2001: 239 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1868. Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 1: 413–429. BHL
• Slowinski, J.B., Boundy, J. & Lawson, R. 2001. The Phylogenetic Relationships of Asian Coral Snakes (Elapidae: Calliophis and Maticora) Based on Morphological and Molecular Characters. Herpetologica 57(2): 233–245. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ota, H., Ito, A. & Lin, J.-T. 1999. Systematic review of the Elapid snakes allied to Hemibungarus japonicus (Günther, 1868) in the East Asian Islands, with description of a new subspecies from the central Ryukyus. Journal of Herpetology 33(4): 675–687. DOI: 10.2307/1565585 Reference page. 
• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.). 2000. Treatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptilia/Amphibia. ISBN 4-915959-70-8. [1]

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sinomicrurus japonicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 January 2019.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Sinomicrurus japonicus  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T177491A96877688. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T177491A96877688.en

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Coral Snake
日本語: ヒャン