Siphlophis ayauma

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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Siphlophis
Species: Siphlophis ayauma

Name

• Siphlophis ayauma Sheehy, Coleman, Yánez-Muñoz, Valencia & Smith, 2014

Holotype: DHMECN 4599, adult female, collected 26 March 2008, 2030–2200 h, by L. Cecilia Tobar-Suárez, M.H. Yánez-Mu- ñoz, and E.N. Smith. Field number ENS 12841.

Type locality: ECUADOR: El Topo, Cantón Baños, Provincia de Tungurahua, 1594 m elevation (1.355715° S, 78.21052° W).

References

• Sheehy, Coleman M.; Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz; Jorge H. Valencia; Eric N. Smith, 2014: A New Species of Siphlophis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) from the Eastern Andean Slopes of Ecuador. South American journal of herpetology, 9(1): 30–45. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-12-00031.1

Vernacular names

English: Devil’s Head Spotted Night Snake