Sahyadriophis beddomei

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: Sahyadriophis
Species: Sahyadriophis beddomei

Name

Sahyadriophis beddomei (Günther, 1864)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.32, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1882. [designated by Boulenger (1893: 253)]
Type locality: “Nilgherries [=Nilgiri]”, India.

Combinations

Tropidonotus beddomii Günther, 1864: 269 [original combination, nomen substitutum]
Natrix beddomei — Smith, 1943: 306 [subsequent combination]
Amphiesma beddomei — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
Hebius beddomei — Guo et al., 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]
Sahyadriophis beddomei — Patel, Thackery, Campbell & Mirza, 2023: 419 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Spilotes vittatus Beddome, 1863: 43 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Tropidonotus vittatus Boie, 1827]
- Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.15.32 and possibly additional specimens.
- Type locality: “Nellumbeir, Mudumallay Forests and Walaghat”.

References

Primary references

Beddome, R.H. 1863. Further Notes upon the Snakes of the Madras Presidency; with Descriptions of new Species. Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science 6: 41–48. Reference page.
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page.
Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page.
Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. JSTOR Reference page.
Guo, X., Wang, J., Xue, B., Thomas, D.C., Su, Y.C., Tan, Y.H. & Saunders, R.M. 2014. Reassessing the taxonomic status of two enigmatic Desmos species (Annonaceae): Morphological and molecular phylogenetic support for a new genus, Wangia. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 52(1): 1–15. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12064 Reference page.
Patel, H., Thackeray, T., Campbell, P.D. & Mirza, Z.A. 2023. Systematic Assessment of Hebius beddomei (Günther, 1864) (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) with Description of a New Genus and a New Allied Species from the Western Ghats, India. Taxonomy 3: 415–434. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy3030024 Reference page.

Links

Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Vijayakumar, S.P., Jose, J. & Kulkarni, N.U. 2016. IUCN: Sahyadriophis beddomei (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T172628A96270673. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T172628A96270673.en. Accessed on 19 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Nilgiri Keelback

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