Leptophis ahaetulla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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

Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758) [conserved name]

Lectotype: UUZM 2, donated by C. Gyllenborg in 1744. [designated by Savage & Oliver (1956: 149)]
Type locality: “Asia, America”, restricted to “South America” by Savage & Oliver (1956: 148).
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 524 (1958: 264).

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1958. Opinion 524. Interpretation of the nominal species Coluber ahaetulla Linnaeus, 1758, and addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic name Ahaetulla Link, 1807 with Ahaetulla mycterizans Link, 1807 as type species (Class Reptilia). pp. 261–276 In Hemming, F. (Ed.). Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 19. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. BHL Reference page.

Bell, T. 1825. Zool. Jour., London, 2: 328.
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Boulenger, G.A. 1898. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 107–126.
Albuquerque, N.R., Santos, F.M., Borges-Nojosa, D.M. & Ávila, R.W. 2022. A New Species of Parrot-Snake of the Genus Leptophis Bell, 1825 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from the Semi-Arid Region of Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 23(2): 7–24. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-19-00113.1 Reference page.

Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Rivas, G., Nogueira, C., Gagliardi, G., Catenazzi, A. & Gonzales, L. 2019. IUCN: Leptophis ahaetulla (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T197499A2491090. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T197499A2491090.en. Accessed on 10 June 2022.