Ahaetulla travancorica

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 travancorica

Name

Ahaetulla travancorica Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D’Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020: 42

• Holotype: BNHS 3592 (ex. CESS075), adult ♂, collected by Saunak P. Pal and Mrugank Prabu in 2010.
• Type locality: “Chemunji (8.67947 N 77.19325 E, 1300 msl), in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of Agasthyamalai hills, Southern Western Ghats”, Kerala, 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 travancorica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 October 2022.