Tachymenoides harrisonfordi

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: Dipsadinae
Genus: Tachymenoides
Species: Tachymenoides harrisonfordi

Name

Tachymenoides harrisonfordi Lehr, Cusi, Fernández, Vera & Catenazzi, 2023: 201

• Holotype: MUSM 40925 (field number IWU 404), adult ♂, collected by E. Lehr, J.C. Cusi, M.I. Fernandez and R.J. Vera on 22 May 2022.
• Type locality: “the puna of the Otishi National Park (12°19’23.10” S, 73°35’43.54” W; WGS84), 3248 m a.s.l., Distrito Río Tambo, Provincia Satipo, Region Junín, Peru”.

References

Primary references

• Lehr, E., Cusi, J.C., Fernández, M.I., Vera, R.J. & Catenazzi, A. 2023. A new species of Tachymenoides (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Tachymenini) from the puna of the Otishi National Park in Peru. Salamandra 59(3): 199–206. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Harrison Ford’s Slender Snake