Liopeltis frenata

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: Liopeltis
Species: Liopeltis frenata

Name

Liopeltis frenata (Günther, 1858)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.72, ♂, collected by W. Griffith in June 1937.
• Type locality: “Mountains near Affghanistan”.

Combinations

• Cyclophis frenatus Günther, 1858: 120 [original combination]
• Ablabes frenatus — Boulenger, 1890 [subsequent combination]
• Liopeltis frenatus — Wall, 1923 [subsequent combination]
• Eirenis frenatus — Anderson, 1963 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. 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.
• Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Liopeltis frenata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 April 2020.
• Lau, M.W.N., Rao, D.-q., Zhou, Z. & Li, P. 2012. IUCN: Liopeltis frenata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192180A2051884. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192180A2051884.en. Accessed on 01 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Günther's Reed Snake