Ahaetulla sahyadrensis

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: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species: Ahaetulla sahyadrensis

Name

Ahaetulla sahyadrensis Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D’Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020: 25 [nomen novum]

• Neotype: BNHS 2015, collected by Gerhardt P., date unknown. [designated by Mallik et al. (2020: 25)]
• Type locality: “Castle Rock (15.393 N, 74.332 E), in Northern Western Ghats, [Karnataka,] Peninsular India”.

Synonyms

• Dryophis pulverulenta indica Deraniyagala, 1955 [nomen praoeccupatum pro Dryophis prasinus indicus Mell, 1931]
  • Type material: unknown.
  • Type locality: “India”.

References

Primary references

• Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Pal, S.P., D’Souza, P.M., Shanker, K. & Ganesh, S.R. 2020. Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4874(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4874.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ahaetulla sahyadrensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 October 2022.