Platyceps najadum

Platyceps najadum

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: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps najadum
Subspecies (4): P. n. albitemporalis – P. n. dahlii – P. n. kalymnensis – P. n. najadum

Name

Platyceps najadum (Eichwald, 1831)

• Holotype: not designated, a 760 mm specimen, collected by K.E.I. Eichwald between 1825–1826. [location unknown]
• Type locality: “urbis Bacuáe, ad mare caspium”.

Combinations

• Tyria najadum Eichwald, 1831: 174 [original combination]
• Coluber najadum — Mertens & Müller, 1928 [subsequent combination]
• Haemorrhois najadum [sic] — Welch, 1980 [subsequent combination]
• Eremiophis najadum — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Platyceps najadum — Schätti & Utiger, 2001 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Eichwald, E. 1831. Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. Zawadski, Vilnae.
• Schätti, B. & Utiger, U. 2001. Hemerophis, a new genus for Zamenis socotrae Günther, and a contribution to the phylogeny of Old World racers, whip snakes, and related genera (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 108(4): 919–948. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Szczerbak, N.N. 2003. Guide to the Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Krieger: Malabar, FL. 260 pp.
• Schätti, B. & Monsch, P. 2004. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner, 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 111(2): 239–256. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Platyceps najadum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2022.
• Lymberakis, P., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Mousa Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Haxhiu, I., Böhme, W., Agasyan, A., Tuniyev, B., Ananjeva, N. & Orlov, N. 2009. IUCN: Platyceps najadum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157277A5068046. DOI: 0.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157277A5068046.en. Accessed on 26 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Dahl's Whip Snake

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