Afronatrix anoscopus

Afronatrix anoscopus

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: Natricinae
Genus: Afronatrix
Species: Afronatrix anoscopus

Name

Afronatrix anoscopus (Cope, 1861)

• Holotype: ANSP 6639.
• Type locality: “Cuba” (in error), corrected to “probably Liberia” by Loveridge (1941: 118).

Combinations

• Tropidonotus anoscopus Cope, 1861: 299 [original combination]
• Natrix anoscopus — Malnate, 1960 [subsequent combination]
• Afronatrix anoscopus — Rossman & Eberle, 1977: 42 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Natrix firestonei Taylor & Weyer, 1958: 1210 [synonymised by Rossman (1976: 257)]
  • Holotype: FMNH 100709 (EHT-HMS 31894), adult ♀, collected by D. Weyer in 1956.
  • Type locality: “Harbel, R. Liberia”.

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. 
• Loveridge, A. 1941. Report on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition’s collection of reptiles and amphibians from Liberia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91(3128): 113–140.
• Taylor, E.H. & Weyer, D. 1958. Report on a Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Harbel, Republic of Liberia. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38(2): 1191–1229. BHL Reference page. 
• Rossman, D.A. & Eberle, W.G. 1977. Partition of the genus Natrix, with preliminary observations on evolutionary trends in natricine snakes. Herpetologica 33(1): 34–43. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Afronatrix anoscopus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
• Rödel, M.-O. & LeBreton, M. 2010. IUCN: Afronatrix anoscopus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176328A7219480. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176328A7219480.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: African Brown Water Snake

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