Toxicodryas pulverulenta

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: Toxicodryas
Species: Toxicodryas pulverulenta

Name

Toxicodryas pulverulenta (Fischer, 1856)

• Lectotype: ZMUH 4376 (formerly ZMH 339).
• Type locality: “Edina, Grand Bassa County in Liberia (West-Afrika)”.

Combinations

• Dipsas pulverulenta Fischer, 1856: 81 [original combination]
• Dipsadomorphus pulverulentus — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
• Boiga pulverulenta — Schmidt, 1923: 102 [subsequent combination]
• Toxicodryas pulverulenta — Welch, 1982 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Dipsadomorphus boueti Chabanaud, 1917: 373
  • Holotype:
  • Type locality: “Porto Novo, Dahomey”.

References

Primary references

• Fischer, J.G. 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3: 79–116. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.
• Hughes, Barry 2000. Polymorphism, sex, size and other aspects of the African snake, Boiga blandingi (Hallowell, 1844). Herpetological Bulletin (74): 8–12.
• Rödel M.O. & Mahsberg D. 2000. Vorläufige Liste der Schlangen des Tai-Nationalparks / Elfenbeinküste und angrenzender Gebiete. Salamandra 36(1): 25–38. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Toxicodryas pulverulenta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 September 2021.
• Rödel, M.-O., Penner, J., Toudonou, C., Segniagbeto, G., Chirio, L., Trape, J.-F., Wagner, P., Branch, W.R., Safari, I. & Chenga, J. 2021. IUCN: Toxicodryas pulverulenta  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13265755A13265764. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265755A13265764.en. Accessed on 13 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Fischer's Cat Snake