Telescopus fallax

Telescopus fallax

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Telescopus
Species: Telescopus fallax
Subspecies (7): T. f. cyprianus – T. f. fallax – T. f. iberus – T. f. intermedius – T. f. multisquamatus – T. f. pallidus – T. f. syriacus

Name

• Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831)

Holotype: none designated.

Type locality: “Dalmatiae, Istriae agrique Tergestinensis muris et petris”, restricted to “Trieste Prov., Italy” by Mertens & Müller (1928: 50).

Synonyms

• Telescopus fallax fallax (FLEISCHMANN 1831)
• ? Coluber vivax FITZINGER 1826: 57
• Tarbophis fallax FLEISCHMANN 1831
• Telescopus fallax rhodicus WETTSTEIN 1952
• Telescopus fallax mcewani SCHMIDT 1939
• Tarbophis iberus EICHWALD 1831 (fide KHALIKOV, pers. comm.)
• Tarbophis fallax FLEISCHMANN 1831 (fide KHALIKOV, pers. comm.)
• ? Tarbophis vivax — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 913
• Tarbophis vivax — BOULENGER 1888
• Tarbophis fallax — BOULENGER 1913
• Telescopus fallax — ENGELMANN (et al.) 1993
• Telescopus fallax cyprianus (BARBOUR & AMARAL 1927)
• Tarbophis fallax cyprianus — WERNER 1936
• Telescopus fallax iberus EICHWALD 1831
• Trigonophis iberus EICHWALD 1831
• Tarbophis iberus — BOULENGER 1913
• Telescopus fallax iberus — SCHMIDT 1939
• Telescopus fallax iberus — LEVITON et al. 1992
• Telescopus fallax iberus — ENGELMANN (et al.) 1993
• Telescopus iberus — FRANK & RAMUS 1995: 240
• Telescopus fallax iberus — BISCHOFF 2002
• Telescopus fallax pallidus STEPANEK 1944
• Telescopus fallax pallidus — FRÖR & BEUTLER 1978
• Telescopus fallax pallidus — SOWIG 1985
• Telescopus fallax syriacus (BOETTGER 1889)
• Tarbophis vivax f. syriaca BOETTGER 1889
• Telescopus fallax syriacus — SCHMIDT 1939
• Telescopus fallax syriacus — ESTERBAUER 1985
• Telescopus fallax syriacus — HRAOUI-BLOQUET et al. 2002
• Telescopus fallax syriacus — GÖCMEN et al. 2007

References

Primary references

• Fleischmann, F.L. 1831. Dalmatiae nova serpentum genera. Inaug. Dissertation: Erlangen.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Telescopus fallax. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 May 2019.
• Agasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Isailovic, J.C., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Böhme, W., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Mousa Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Werner, Y. & Haxhiu, I. 2009. IUCN: Telescopus fallax  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157258A5062870. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157258A5062870.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Europäische Katzennatter
English: Mediterranean Cat Snake or European Catsnake
eesti: Kassmadu
македонски: Мачја змија