Gyiophis maculosa

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: Gyiophis
Species: Gyiophis maculosa

Name

Gyiophis maculosa (Blanford, 1881)

• Neotype: BMNH 1913.6.12.1, ♀. [designated by Murphy (2007: 282)]
• Type locality: no locality data are available for this specimen fide Murphy (2007: 282).

Combinations

• Hypsirhina maculosa Blanford, 1881: 226 [original combination, nomen novum pro Hypsirhina maculata Blanford, 1879]
• Enhydris maculosa — Smith, 1943: 387 [subsequent combination]
• Gyiophis maculosa — Murphy & Voris, 2014: 21 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Hypsirhina maculata Blanford, 1879: 130 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Hypsirhina maculata Duméril & Bibron, 1854]
  • Holotype: ZSI 8207 (formerly IMC 8207), ♀, collected by Dr. Baker. [lost fide Das (1998: 157)]
  • Type locality: “Pegu ... in the neighbourhood of Bassein”.

• Hypsirhina blanfordi Boulenger, 1890: 377 [nomen novum pro Hypsirhina maculata Blanford, 1879]

References

Primary references

• Blanford, W.T. 1879. Notes on Reptilia. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal xlviii: 127–132. BHL
• Blanford, W.T. 1881. On a collection of reptiles and frogs chiefly from Singapore. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 215–226. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Murphy, J.C. 2007. A review of Enhydris maculosa (Blanford, 1879) and the description of a related species (Serpentes, Homalopsidae). Hamadryad 31(2): 281–287. Reference page. 
• 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

• Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris maculosa  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176667A7280508. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176667A7280508.en

Vernacular names

English: Blanford’s Mud Snake