Ahaetulla isabellina

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Ahaetulla isabellina (Wall, 1910)

Holotype: uncatalogued, ♀, obtained by F. Wall in 1909. [location unknown, presumed lost]
Neotype: BNHS 3584 (CESS182), adult ♀, collected by Ashok Kumar Mallik in 2011. [designated by Mallik et al. (2020: 27)]
Type locality: “Paralai, near Valparai, Anamallay Hills”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Oru Komban hills (10.4077 N, 76.7177 E, 1077 msl), in Parambikulam plateau of Anaimalai Hill complex, Southern Western Ghats, Peninsular India” by Mallik et al. (2020: 27).

Dryophis mycterizans isabellinus Wall, 1910: 230 [original combination]
Ahaetulla isabellina — Mallik et al., 2020: 27 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Wall, F. 1910. Remarks on the varieties and distribution of the common Green Whip Snake (Dryophis mycterizans). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20: 229–230. BHL
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.