Xylophis mosaicus

Xylophis mosaicus

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: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Xylophiinae
Genus: Xylophis
Species: Xylophis mosaicus

Name

Xylophis mosaicus Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith & Gower, 2020: 235.

• Holotype: BNHS 3577, ♀, collected by Sandeep Das on 3 December 2015.
• Type locality: “close to Eravikulam hut in Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India (10.274357°N, 77.085782°E, 2,400 m elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Deepak, V., Narayanan, S., Das, S., Rajkumar, K.P., Easa, P.S., Sreejith, K.A. & Gower, D.J. 2020. Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4755(2): 231–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Anamalai Wood Snake