Dispholidus typus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dispholidus
Species: Dispholidus typus
Subspecies: D. t. kivuensis - D. t. punctatus - D. t. typus

[edit] Name

Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1829)

Type locality: “Old Latakoo, South Africa”

[edit] Synonyms

• Bucephalus typus Smith, 1829
• Bucephalus Typus — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 877
• Bucephalus typus — Blanford, 1870
• Bucephalus typus — Fischer, 1884: 11
• Bucephalus capensis — Günther, 1888
• Bucephalus typus — Boettger, 1893: 130
• Dispholidus typus — Fitzsimons & Brain, 1958
• Dispholidus typus — Harding & Welch, 1980
• Dispholidus typus — Rödel & Mahsberg, 2000
• Dispholidus typus — Schmidt, 1923: 114
• Dispholidus typus — Broadley, 1998
• Dispholidus typus typus — Auerbach, 1987: 186
• Dispholidus typus typus — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 32
• Dispholidus typus — Chirio & Ineich, 2006

[edit] References

• Smith, A. 1829. Contributions to the natural history of South Africa. Zool. Journ. 4: 433-444.
• Fitzsimons, V.F.M.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A Short account of the Reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe, 1(1): 99-104.
• Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59.
• Dispholidus typus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

[edit] Vernacular names