Chrysopeleinae

Chrysopelea pelias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Chrysopeleinae
Genera (5): Ahaetulla – Chrysopelea – Dendrelaphis – Dryophiops – Proahaetulla

Name

Chrysopeleinae Cope, 1893: 480

• Type genus: Chrysopelea Boie, 1826, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Ahaetuliinae Figueiroa, McKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux, 2016: 22 [synonymised by Figueroa (2022)]
  • Type genus: Ahaetulla Link, 1807, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1893. Prodromus of a new system of the non-venomous snakes. ISSN 0003-0147|American Naturalist 27(317): 477–483. DOI: 10.1086/275737
• Figueiroa, A., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Bell, C.D. & Lailvaux, S.P. 2016. A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0161070. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161070 Reference page. 
• Figueroa, A. 2022. Chrysopeleinae Cope, 1893 (Squamata: Colubridae) as the valid name for the family-group currently known as Ahaetuliinae Figueroa, McKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux, 2016 (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5120(4): 595–597. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.4.9 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mallik, A.K., Achyuthan, N.S., Ganesh, S.R., Pal, S.P., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Shanker, K. 2019. Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0218851. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218851 Reference page.