Platyceps florulentus

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 florulentus
Subspecies: P. f. florulentus – P. f. keniensis – P. f. perreti

Name

Platyceps florulentus (Geoffroy, 1827)

Type locality: Egypt.

Synonyms

• Coluber florulentus Geoffroy, 1827: 146
• Zamenis florulentus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 693
• Zamenis florulentus — Boulenger, 1893: 402
• Zamenis florulentus - Calabresi, 1925
• Coluber florulentus — Loveridge, 1936
• Coluber florulentus florulentus — Loveridge, 1955
• Haemorrhois florulentus — Lebreton, 1999
• Coluber florulentus —Schätti & Wilson, 1986
• Platyceps florulentus — Nagy et al., 2004
• Platyceps florulentus — Schlüter, 2005

References

• Geoffroy, l. 1827: Reptiles. In: Savigny, M. J. C. L. de, Description d’Égypte. Vol. l. Histoire Naturelle. Paris, pp. 121-160 (115-184) [1809?].
• Loveridge, A. 1936: African reptiles and amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1–122 [53].
• Schlüter, U. 2005: Die Zornnattern Nordafrikas. Reptilia, 10 (2): 56–64.
• Platyceps florulentus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Flowered Racer