Atretium

Atretium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Atretium
Species (2): A. schistosum – A. yunnanensis

Name

• Atretium Cope, 1861: 299 [replacement name]

Type species: Coluber schistosum Daudin, 1803, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Tropidophis Gray, 1849 [preoccupied by Tropidophis Bibron, 1843]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2019. Atretium . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Olive Keelbacks

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