Siphlophis cervinus

Siphlophis cervinus

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 cervinus

Name

Siphlophis cervinus (Laurenti, 1768)

• Lectotype (iconotype): specimen described and illustrated by Seba (1735: 84, pl. 79, fig. 3)
• Type locality: “America”.

Combinations

• Coronella cervina Laurenti, 1768: 88 [original combination]
• Coluber cervinus — Gmelin, 1788: 1114 [subsequent combination]
• Lycognathus cervinus — Boulenger, 1896: 57 [subsequent combination]
• Siphlophis cervinus — Amaral, 1930: 202 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Siphlophis cervinus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 January 2019.
• Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Rivas, G., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Caicedo, J., Nogueira, C., Gagliardi, G., Catenazzi, A., Gonzales, L. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Siphlophis cervinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203597A2769018. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203597A2769018.en. Accessed on 26 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Panama Spotted Night Snake