Sahyadriophis beddomei

Sahyadriophis beddomei

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: Natricinae
Genus: Sahyadriophis
Species: Sahyadriophis beddomei

Name

Sahyadriophis beddomei (Günther, 1864)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.32, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1882. [designated by Boulenger (1893: 253)]
• Type locality: “Nilgherries [=Nilgiri]”, India.

Combinations

• Tropidonotus beddomii Günther, 1864: 269 [original combination, nomen substitutum]
• Natrix beddomei — Smith, 1943: 306 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma beddomei — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
• Hebius beddomei — Guo et al., 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]
• Sahyadriophis beddomei — Patel, Thackery, Campbell & Mirza, 2023: 419 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Spilotes vittatus Beddome, 1863: 43 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Tropidonotus vittatus Boie, 1827]
  • Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.15.32 and possibly additional specimens.
  • Type locality: “Nellumbeir, Mudumallay Forests and Walaghat”.

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1863. Further Notes upon the Snakes of the Madras Presidency; with Descriptions of new Species. Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science 6: 41–48. Reference page. 
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page. 
• Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Guo, X., Wang, J., Xue, B., Thomas, D.C., Su, Y.C., Tan, Y.H. & Saunders, R.M. 2014. Reassessing the taxonomic status of two enigmatic Desmos species (Annonaceae): Morphological and molecular phylogenetic support for a new genus, Wangia. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 52(1): 1–15. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12064 Reference page. 
• Patel, H., Thackeray, T., Campbell, P.D. & Mirza, Z.A. 2023. Systematic Assessment of Hebius beddomei (Günther, 1864) (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) with Description of a New Genus and a New Allied Species from the Western Ghats, India. Taxonomy 3: 415–434. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy3030024 Reference page. 

Links

• Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Vijayakumar, S.P., Jose, J. & Kulkarni, N.U. 2016. IUCN: Sahyadriophis beddomei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T172628A96270673. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T172628A96270673.en. Accessed on 19 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Nilgiri Keelback

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