Hemorrhois hippocrepis hippocrepis

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: Hemorrhois
Species: Hemorrhois hippocrepis
Subspecies: Hemorrhois hippocrepis hippocrepis

Name

Hemorrhois hippocrepis hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "América" (in error).

Synonyms

• Coluber hippocrepis Linnaeus, 1758: 226
• Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus) — Boie, 1826: 982
• Hemorrhois hippocrepis — Utiger et al., 2002
• Hemorrhois hippocrepis — Nagy et al., 2004
• Hemorrhois hippocrepis — Schätti & Monsch, 2004

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp.
• Boie, H. 1826. Generalübersicht der Familien und Gattungen der Ophidier. Isis von Oken, 1826 (10): 981–982.
• 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.
• Hemorrhois hippocrepis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Horse-shoe Snake