Gonyosoma prasinum

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Gonyosoma
Species: Gonyosoma prasinum

Name

Gonyosoma prasinum (Blyth, 1854)

Type locality: Assam (India).

Synonyms

• Coluber prasinus Blyth, 1854: 291
• Gonyosoma gramineum Günther, 1864 [fide Smith, 1943]
• Coluber prasinus — Boulenger, 1894: 59
• Elaphe prasina — Smith, 1930
• Elaphe prasina — Smith, 1943
• Elaphe prasina — Tweedie, 1950
• Elaphe prasina — Grandison, 1978: 288
• Elaphe prasina — Schulz, 1996: 201
• Gonyosoma prasina - Das, 1997
• Elaphe prasina — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 344
• Elaphe prasina — Cox et al., 1998: 53
• Gonyosoma prasinum — David et al., 2004
• Gonyosoma prasinum — Utiger et al., 2005
• Gonyosoma prasinum — Ziegler et al., 2007
• Elaphe prasina — Das & Yaakob, 2007
• Rhadinophis prasina — Burbrink, 2007

References

• Blyth, Edward 1855: Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 23 (3): 287–302 [1854].
• Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002: Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105–124.
• Burbrink, Frank T. and Robin Lawson 2007: How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43 (1): 173–189.
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gonyosoma prasinum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Green Trinket Snake, Green Bush Rat Snake, Green Ratsnake