Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Gonyosoma oxycephalum

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Gonyosoma
Species: Gonyosoma oxycephalum

Name

Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Boie, 1827)

• Holotype: RMNH 677, collected by C.G.C. Reinwardt between 1816–1821.
• Type locality: “Java”.

Combinations

• Coluber oxycephalus Boie, 1827: 537 [original combination]
• Herpetodryas oxycephalus — Schlegel, 1837: 152 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe oxycephala — Griffin, 1909 [subsequent combination]
• Gonyosoma oxycephalum — Duméril & Bibron, 1854 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gonyosoma viride Wagler, 1828
• Alopecophis chalybeus Gray, 1849: 247
• Æpidea robusta Hallowell, 1860
• Coluber floweri Werner, 1925
• Coluber janseni elegan Werner, 1926

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg, 1820. 1te Lieferung, Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6): 508–566. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dowling, Herndon G. 1958. A taxonomic study of the ratsnakes VI. Validation of the genera Gonyosoma Wagler and Elaphe Fitzinger. Copeia 1958(1): 29–40.
• Ferner, John W., Rafe M. Brown, Rogelio V. Sison and Robert S. Kennedy 2001. The amphibians and reptiles of Panay Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9: 34–70.

Links

• Wogan, G., Vogel, G., Thy, N., Nguyen, T.Q., Demegillo, A., Diesmos, A.C. & Gonzalez, J.C. 2012. IUCN: Gonyosoma oxycephalum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T183196A1732988. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T183196A1732988.en. Accessed on 11 May 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Red-Tailed Racer
• Bahasa Indonesia: Ular bajing