Toxicodryas vexator

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 vexator

Name

Toxicodryas vexator Greenbaum, Allen, Vaughan, Pauwels, Wallach, Kusamba, Muninga, Aristote, Mali, Badjedjea, Penner, Rödel, Rivera, Sterkhova, Johnson, Tapondjou & Brown, 2021: 17

• Holotype: UTEP 22196 (field number MUSE 10341), adult ♂, collected by Guillain M. Mitamba, Deo Kujirakwinja, Emmanuel Muhindo, Radar Nushili, Wandege M. Muninga, and Andrew J. Plumptre on 13 November 2015.
• Type locality: “Mulisi, Nzovu Est, Kahuzi-Biega National Park (02.447291° S, 28.2825378° E, 1101 m), South Kivu Province, DRC”.

References

Primary references

• Greenbaum, E., Allen, K.E., Vaughan, E.R., Pauwels, O.S.G., Wallach, V., Kusamba, C., Muninga, W.M., Aristote, M.M., Mali, F.M.M., Badjedjea, G., Penner, J., Rödel, M.-O., Rivera, J., Sterkhova, V., Johnson, G., Tapondjou, W.P. & Brown, R.B. 2021. Night stalkers from above: A monograph of Toxicodryas tree snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) with descriptions of two new cryptic species from Central Africa. Zootaxa 4965(1): 1–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Toxicodryas vexator. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 January 2023.