Apostolepis dimidiata

Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Apostolepis
Species: Apostolepis dimidiata
Name
[edit]Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan, 1862)
- Holotype: MSNM, ♀. [destroyed in 1943 during World War II]
- Type locality: “Brasile [= Brazil]”, restricted to “São Paulo, Brazil” by Lema (1986: 74).
Combinations
[edit]- Elapomorphus dimidiatus Jan, 1962: 47 [original combination]
- Apostolepis dimidiata — Lema, 1984 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- Elapomorphus erythronotus Peters, 1880
- Apostolepis nigriceps Werner, 1897
- Apostolepis barrioi Lema, 1978
- Apostolepis ventrimaculata Lema, 1978
- Apostolepis villaricae Lema, 1978
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Jan, G. 1862. Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2: 1–76. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Sena, A. de, Tiutenko, A. & Loebmann, D. 2019. Taxonomic status of Apostolepis barrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae). Zookeys 841: 71–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.841.33404
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Cacciali, P. & Scott, N. 2019. IUCN: Apostolepis dimidiata (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T15155895A15155902. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15155895A15155902.en. Accessed on 27 October 2025.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Variable Blackhead