Trimorphodon

Trimorphodon

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: Trimorphodon
Species (7): T. biscutatus – T. lambda – T. lyrophanes – T. paucimaculatus – T. quadruplex – T. tau – T. vilkinsonii

Name

• Trimorphodon Cope, 1861: 297

Type species: Lycodon lyrophanes Cope, 1860, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Devitt, T.J., LaDuc, T.J. & McGuire, J.A. 2008. The Trimorphodon biscutatus (Squamata: Colubridae) Species Complex Revisited: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Geographic Variation. Copeia 2008(2): 370-387. DOI: 10.1643/CH-07-045 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trimorphodon . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Lyraschlange
English: Lyre Snakes

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