Hypsiscopus plumbea

Hypsiscopus plumbea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Hypsiscopus
Species: Hypsiscopus plumbea

Name

Hypsiscopus plumbea (Boie, 1827)

• Lectotype: RMNH 1163, collected by H. Kuhl & J.C. van Hasselt between December 1820–September 1823. [designated by Gyi (1970: 82)]
• Type locality: “Java”, redesignated by lectotype designation to “Java, Indonesia” by Gyi (1970: 82).

Combinations

• Homalopsis plumbea Boie, 1827: 550 [original combination]
• Hypsirhina plumbea — Gray, 1842: 66 [subsequent combination]
• Hypsiscopus plumbea — Fitzinger, 1843: 25 [subsequent combination]
• Eurostus plumbeus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 955 [subsequent combination]
• Enhydris plumbea — Stejneger, 1898: 222 [subsequent combination]
• Hypsiscopus plumbea — Murphy & Voris, 2014: 26 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20: 508–566. BHL
• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hypsiscopus plumbea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris plumbea  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176699A7285894. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176699A7285894.en

Vernacular names

English: Boie’s Mud Snake