Amphiesmoides ornaticeps

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: Amphiesmoides
Species: Amphiesmoides ornaticeps

Name

Amphiesmoides ornaticeps (Werner, 1924)

• Holotype: NHMW 23415 (former nº 8094), ♀, collected by Owston on 30 May 1903.
• Type locality: “Northern Hainan”.

Combinations

• Tropidonotus ornaticeps Werner, 1924: 30 [original combination]
• Macropophis ornaticeps — Mell, 1931 [subsequent combination]
• Natrix ornaticeps — Pope, 1935 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesmoides ornaticeps — Malnate, 1961: 4 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Werner, F. 1924. Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Abteilung I. 133: 29–56. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nguyen, T.Q., David, P., Tran, T.T., Luu, Q.V., Le, Q.K. & Ziegler, T. 2010. Amphiesmoides ornaticeps (Werner, 1924), an addition to the snake fauna of Vietnam, with a redescription and comments on the genus Amphiesmoides Malnate, 1961 (Squamata: Natricidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117(1): 45–56. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphiesmoides ornaticeps. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 October 2019.
• Jiang, J., Lau, M. & Zhou, Z. 2012. IUCN: Amphiesmoides ornaticeps  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192246A2060886. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192246A2060886.en. Accessed on 01 December 2022.

Vernacular names

English: White-eyed Keelback