Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis

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: Crotaphopeltis
Species: Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis

Name

Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis (Reinhardt, 1843)

Type locality: the Danish settlements on the coast of Guinea, near Accra, Ghana.

Holotype: ZMUC R63127).

Synonyms

• Dipsas hippocrepis Reinhardt, 1843
• Heterurus hippocrepis — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 1177
• Leptodeira hippocrepis — Gray, 1858: 161
• Leptodira hotamboeia — Boulenger, 1896: 90 (not Laurenti)
• Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia — Chabanaud, 1921: 469 (not Laurenti) (part.)
• Crotaphopeltis acarina Roman, 1974
• Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis - Rasmussen, 1985: 126
• Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis - Rasmussen, 2000

References

• Reinhardt, J. T. 1843. Beskrivelse af nogle nye Slangearter. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. 10: 233–279.
• Rasmussen, Jens Bodtker; Chirio, Laurent; and Ineich, Ivan 2000. The Herald Snakes (Crotaphopeltis) of the Central African Republic, Including a Systematic Review of C. hippocrepis. Zoosystema 22(3):585-600.
• Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59.
• Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.