Toxicodryas blandingii

Toxicodryas blandingii

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Toxicodryas
Species: Toxicodryas blandingii

Name

Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844)

• Holotype: ANSP 10083.
• Type locality: “Liberia”.

Combinations

• Dipsas Blandingii Hallowell, 1844: 170 [original combination]
• Toxicodryas blandingii — Hallowell, 1857: 60 [subsequent combination]
• Dipsadomorphus blandingii — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
• Boiga blandingii — Schmidt, 1923: 103 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Dipsas fasciata Fischer, 1856: 84
  • Holotype: ZMUH.
  • Type locality: “Peki (West-Afrika)”.
• Dipsas valida Fischer, 1856: 87
  • Holotype: ZMUH. [lost]
  • Type locality: “Edina (Grand Bassa County, West-Afrika)”.
• Dipsas globiceps Fischer, 1856: 89
  • Holotype: ZMUH. [lost]
  • Type locality: “Edina (Grand Bassa County, West-Afrika)”.

References

Primary references

• Hallowell, E. 1844. Description of new species of African reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1844: 169–172.
• Fischer, J.G. 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3: 79–116. BHL Reference page. 
• Schmidt, K.P. 1923. Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part II. Snakes, with field notes by Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin. Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 49(1): 1–146.

Additional references

• Trape, J.-F. & Mane, Y. 2006. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale. Savane et désert. [Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger]. IRD Editions, Paris, 226 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Toxicodryas blandingii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 September 2021.
• Rödel, M.-O., Luiselli, L., Segniagbeto, G., Howell, K., Msuya, C.A. & Ngalason, W. 2021. IUCN: Toxicodryas blandingii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13265740A13265749. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265740A13265749.en. Accessed on 13 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Blanding's Tree Snake

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