Zamenis situla

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Zamenis
Species: Zamenis situla

Name

Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype: NHR Lin-32, collected by F. Hasselquist between 1749–1752 (via Mus. Drottn.).
Type locality: “Aegypto [=Egypt]”.

Combinations

Coluber situla Linnaeus, 1758: 223 [original combination]
Elaphe situla — Mertens, 1923: 208 [subsequent combination]
Zamenis situla — Utiger, Helfenberger, Schätti, Schmidt, Ruf & Ziswiler, 2002: 119 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Coluber quadrilineatus Pallas, 1818
Coluber trilineatus Metaxa, 1823
Coluber cruentatus Steveni, 1835
Coluber metaxa Bonaparte, 1837
Coluber leopardinus Bonaparte, 1840

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Utiger, U., Helfenberger, N., Schätti, B., Schmidt, C., Ruf, M. & Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Old and New World Ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and Related Genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105–124. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-105-124 [nonfunctional] Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Zamenis situla. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 October 2022.
Böhme, W., Lymberakis, P., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Corti, C., Haxhiu, I., Sindaco, R., Avci, A., Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J. & Kumlutaş, Y. 2009. IUCN: Zamenis situla (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61444A12485786. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61444A12485786.en. Accessed on 18 October 2022.

Vernacular names

български: Леопардов смок
čeština: Užovka levhartí
Deutsch: Leopardnatter
English: Leopard Snake
français: Couleuvre léopard
hrvatski: Pjegava crvenkrpica
magyar: Leopárdsikló
italiano: Colubro leopardino
日本語: ヒョウモンナメラ
Nederlands: Luipaardslang
polski: Połoz lamparci
русский: Леопардовый полоз
slovenčina: Užovka leopardovitá
svenska: Leopardsnok
українська: Полоз леопардовий

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