Coelognathus helena

Coelognathus helena

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Coelognathus
Species: Coelognathus helena
Subspecies (3): C. h. helena – C. h. monticollaris – C. h. nigriangularis

Name

Coelognathus helena (Daudin, 1803)

• Holotype: based Russel (1796: 37) pl. XXXII.
• Type locality: “Vizagapatam [= Vishakhapatnam]”, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Combinations

• Coluber helena Daudin, 1803: 277 [original combination]
• Elaphe helena — Shaw, Shebbeare & Barker, 1939 [subsequent combination]
• Coelognathus helena — Helfenberger, 2001 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Cynophis bistrigatus Gray, 1849: 246
• Herpetodryas malabaricus Jerdon, 1854: 530

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Sixième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 447 pp. + plates LXXI–LXXX. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
• Janzen, P.; Klaas, P. & Ziesmann, S. 2007. Sri Lankas Schlangenfauna. Draco 7 (30): 56–64.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Coelognathus helena. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2023.
• Ganesh, S.R. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Coelognathus helena  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T172665A1362536. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T172665A1362536.en. Accessed on 25 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Trinket Snake