Dendrelaphis gastrostictus

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: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species: Dendrelaphis gastrostictus

Name

Dendrelaphis gastrostictus (Boulenger, 1894)

Type locality: NW New Guinea.

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.23.20.

Synonyms

• Dendrophis gastrostictus Boulenger, 1894: 86
• Dendrophis gastrostictus — de Rooij, 1917: 64
• Dendrophis meeki — de Rooij, 1917: 66
• Dendrelaphis meeki (Boulenger, 1895: 32) (fide McDowell, 1984)
• Dendrelaphis gastrostictus — O'Shea, 1996

References

• Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
• Boulenger, G. A. 1895. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Ferguson Island, D'Entrecasteaux group British New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 16: 28–32.
• de Rooij, N. de. 1917. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Il. Ophidia. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 334 S.
• Dendrelaphis gastrostictus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Montane Tree-snake