Wallophis brachyura

Wallophis brachyura

Taxonavigation

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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: Wallophis
Species: Wallophis brachyura

Name

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Wallophis brachyura (Günther, 1866)

  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.24, ♀, collected by A. Leith-Adams between 1849–1854.
  • Type locality: “Poonah (Dekkan) [=Pune, Deccan]”, Maharashtra State, India.

Combinations

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  • Zamenis brachyurus Günther, 1866: 27 [original combination]
  • Coronella brachyuraBoulenger, 1890: 309 [subsequent combination]
  • Wallophis brachyurusWelch, 1988 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Sharma, R.C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS: New Delhi. 292 pp.
  • Vyas, R. & Patel, S.S. 2007. New distributional records of the endemic snake Coronella brachyura (Günther 1866) (Serpentes, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from Gujarat State, India [in German and English]. Sauria 29(3): 47–50.
  • Mirza, Z.A. & Patel, H. 2018. Back from the dead! Resurrection and revalidation of the Indian endemic snake genus Wallophis Werner, 1929 (Squamata: Colubridae) insights from molecular data. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 29(3): 331–334. DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2016.1278536   Reference page
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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Indische Glattnatter
English: Indian Smooth Snake