Ahaetulla rufusoculara

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 rufusoculara

Name

Ahaetulla rufusoculara Lam, Thu, Nguyen, Murphy & Nguyen, 2021: 296

• Holotype: ITBCZ 7504, adult ♂, collected by S.N. Nguyen and N.Q. Lam on 31 December 2019.
• Type locality: “My Phuoc Forest , My Tu District, Soc Trang Province, Vietnam; coordinates 9.56670°N, 105.74772°E; elevation 2 m a.s.l.”
• Paratypes (n=5): ITBCZ 7502, ITBCZ 7503, ITBCZ 7505 (subadult ♀) and ITBCZ 7506 (subadult ♂), same data as the holotype; ITBCZ 6799 (adult ♂) collected at the same site as the holotype by N.Q. Lam on 25 July 2018.

References

Primary references

• Lam, N.Q., Thu, T.T.A., Nguyen, L.T., Murphy, R.W. & Nguyen, S.N. 2021. A new species of Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4966(3): 290–304. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ahaetulla rufusoculara. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Red-eyed Vine Snake