Platyceps brevis

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: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps brevis
Subspecies: P. b. brevis – P. b. smithii

Name

Platyceps brevis (Boulenger, 1895)

Synonyms

• Zamenis brevis Boulenger, 1895: 13
• Zamenis boschisi Scortecci, 1930
• Coluber brevis — Lanza, 1983
• Coluber brevis — Schätti & Wilson, 1986

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1895. Rettili e Batraci. in, Esplorazione del Guiba e dei suoi Affluenti compeuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli Anni 1892-93 sooto gli auspicii della Società Geografica Italiana. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria (2) 15: 9–18.
• Lanza, B. 1983. A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles. MONITORE ZOOLOGICO ITALIANO, new Ser., SUPPL. 18 (8): 193–247.
• Schätti B.; Wilson L. D. 1986. Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399 1986: 1–4.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Platyceps brevis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 July 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Short Racer