Thermophis shangrila

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: Heterodontinae
Genus: Thermophis
Species: Thermophis shangrila

Name

• Thermophis shangrila Peng, Lu, Huang & Guo & Zhang, 2014: 230

Holotype: HUM 20120001, adult ♀, collected by Lifang Peng, Changhu Lu, Song Huang, Peng Guo & Yaping Zhang on 23 August 2011.

Type locality: “grassland at the forest edge near a hot spring about 500 m in Shangri-La, Northern Yunnan, China”.

References

Primary references

• Peng, L.-F., Lu, C.-H., Huang, S., Guo, P. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2014. A New Species of the Genus Thermophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Shangri-La, Northern Yunnan, China, with a Proposal for an Eclectic Rule for Species Delimitation. Asian Herpetological Research 5(4): 228–239. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2014.00228 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hofmann, S., Tillack, F. & Miehe, G. 2015. Genetic differentiation among species of the genus Thermophis Malnate (Serpentes, Colubridae) and comments on T. shangrila. Zootaxa 4028(1): 102–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.4. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Thermophis shangrila. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 February 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Shangri-La Hot-spring Snake