Gonyosoma prasinum

Gonyosoma prasinum

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 prasinum

Name

Gonyosoma prasinum (Blyth, 1855)

• Syntypes: ZSI 7669, adult ♀, and ZSI 7671, juvenile ?♀, deposited by Mr. W. Robinson.
• Type locality: “Asám [=Assam]”, India.

Combinations

• Coluber prasinus Blyth, 1855: 291 [original combination]
• Elaphe prasina — Smith, 1930: 48 [subsequent combination]
• Gonyosoma prasina — Dowling & Jenner, 1988 [subsequent combination]
• Rhadinophis prasinus — Burbrink & Lawson, 2007 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Rhynchophis prasinus — Wallach, Williams & Boundy, 2014: 655 [subsequent combination]
• Verdigrophis prasinus — Wallach, Midtgaard & Hsiao, 2024: 17 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gonyosoma gramineum Günther, 1864: 294 [synonymised by Boulenger (1894: 59)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.10.22 (formerly 60.3.19.1155), juvenile ♂, collected by Griffith.
  • Type locality: “probably from Khasya [=Khasi Hills]”, Meghalaya, India.

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. 1855. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal 23(3): 287–302. BHL
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II. Containing the conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xi + 382 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Midtgaard, R. & Hsiao, E. 2024. Revalidation of the Arboreal Asian Snake Genera Gonyophis Boulenger, 1891; Rhynchophis Mocquard, 1897; and Rhadinophis Vogt, 1922, with Description of a New Genus and Tribe (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Diversity 16: 576. DOI: 10.3390/d16090576 Reference page. 

Additional references

• David, P., Campbell, P.D., Deuti, K., Hauser, S., Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N., Pauwels, O.S.G., Scheinberg, L., Sethy, P.G.S., Smits, T., Teynié, A. & Vogel, G. 2022. On the distribution of Gonyosoma prasinum (Blyth, 1854) and Gonyosoma coeruleum Liu, Hou, Ye Htet Lwin, Wang & Rao, 2021, with a note on the status of Gonyosoma gramineum Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5154(2): 175–197. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.2.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Wogan, G., Grismer, L. & Chan-Ard, T. 2021. IUCN: Gonyosoma prasinum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T192082A149349824. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192082A149349824.en. Accessed on 06 August 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Green Trinket Snake