Hypnale nepa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
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: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Hypnale
Species: Hypnale nepa

Name

Hypnale nepa (Laurenti, 1768)

Lectotype: WHT 6515, adult ♂. [designated by Maduwage et al. (2009: 10)]

Type locality: “Africa” (in error); fixed by lectotype designation to “Agra Arboretum, Agarapatana, [Sri Lanka] 06º50’N, 80º40’ E, elevation 1665 m”, by Maduwage et al. (2009: 10).

Combinations

Coluber nepa Laurenti, 1768: 97 [original combination]
Hypnale nepa — Cope, 1859: 335 [name combination]
Ancistrodon nepa — Smith, 1937: 730 [name combination]
Agkistrodon nepa — Taylor, 1950: 595 [name combination]

Synonyms

Hypnale walli Gloyd, 1977: 1011 [synonymized by Maduwage et al. (2009: 2)]

Holotype: AMNH 99385, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Kanneliya Forest, Udugama, Southern Province, Ceylon [=Sri Lanka], elevation approximately 1000 ft.”

References

Primary references

Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.
Gloyd, H.K. 1977. Descriptions of new taxa of crotalid snakes from China and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90: 1002–1015. BHL
Maduwage, K., Silva, A., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the South Asian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale). Zootaxa 2232: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hypnale nepa. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 November 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Sri Lanka Humpnose Viper