Hemorrhois nummifer

Hemorrhois nummifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Hemorrhois
Species: Hemorrhois nummifer

Name

Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834)

• Holotype: SMF 18236 (formerly SMF-R III.O.4.a & SMF-B 7407 a), ♀, collected by E. Rüppel in 1832.
• Type locality: “Aegypten” [= Egypt].

Combinations

• Coluber nummifer Reuss, 1834: 135 [original combination]
• Zamenis ravergieri nummifer — Boettger, 1880 [subsequent combination]
• Elaphe nummifera — Schmidt, 1939 [subsequent combination]
• Coluber ravergieri nummifer — Werner, 1971 [subsequent combination]
• Hemorrhois nummifer — Schätti & Utiger, 2001 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber tyria Linnaeus, 1758 [suppressed] (ICZN (2011): Opinion 2282)
• Zamenis caudaelineatus Günther, 1858 [part]
• Periops neglectus Jan, 1863
• Zamenis ater Venzmer, 1917 [not Zamenis ater Günther 1872]
• Elaphe dione plumbea Cernov, 1926
• Zamenis venzmeri Werner, 1929 [substitute name for Zamenis ater Venzmer 1917]
• Coluber nummifer pallaryi Angel, 1936
• Elaphe quatuorlineata sauromates bahtiyari Bodenheimer, 1944

References

Primary references

• Reuss, A. 1834. Zoologische Miscellen. Reptilien, Ophidier. Mus. Senckenbergiana, Frankfurt/M. 1: 129–162.

Links

• Aghasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N.B., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N.L., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Crochet, P.-A., Disi, A.M., Werner, Y.L., Baha El Din, S., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Belouskova, A., Nuridjanov, D., Munkhbayar, K., Shestapol, A. & Dujsebayeva, T. 2017. IUCN: Hemorrhois nummifer  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157270A746934. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157270A746934.en. Accessed on 12 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Coin-marked Snake