Dolichophis jugularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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

Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype: NHR Lin-28 (formerly MAFR), collected by F. Hasselquist between 1749–1752.
Type locality: “Aegypto”.

Coluber jugularis Linnaeus, 1758: 225 [original combination]
Haemorrhois jugularis — Welch, 1980 [subsequent combination]
Eremiophis jugularis — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
Hierophis jugularis — Schätti, 1988 [subsequent combination]
Dolichophis jugularis — Nagy, Schmidtler, Joger & Wink, 2004 [subsequent combination]

Zamenis viridiflavus var. asiana Boettger, 1880
Coluber jugularis cypriacus Zinner, 1972 [nomen nudum, unpublished doctoral thesis]
Dolichophis jugularis zinneri Cattaneo, 2012
Dolichophis mesopotamicus Afrasiab, Mohammad & Hussein, 2016 (nomen dubium)

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.
Schätti, B. 1988. Systematik und Evolution der Schlangengattung Hierophis Fitzinger, 1843. PhD Diss. Univ. Zürich 1988.
Nagy, Z.T., Lawson, R., Joger, U. & Wink, M. 2004. Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia, Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 42(3): 223–233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2004.00249.x Reference page.

Baha El Din, S., Crochet, P.-A., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Kaya, U., Lymberakis, P., Disi, A.M., Sadek, R., Sevinç, M., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H. & Werner, Y.L. 2012. IUCN: Dolichophis jugularis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T157294A749921. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T157294A749921.en. Accessed on 21 November 2025.