Heurnia ventromatriculata

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: Heurnia
Species: Heurnia ventromatriculata

Name

• Heurnia ventromatriculata de Jong, 1926: 302

Holotype: ZMA 11066, ♂, collected by W.C. van Heurn on 12 July 1920.

Type locality: “Pionierbivak am Mamberamofluss, Nord-Neu-Guinea”.

References

Primary references

• de Jong, J.K. 1926. Heurnia ventromaculata n.g. n. sp. und Cantoria annulata n. sp., wei neue Schlangen von Neu-Guinea. Zoologischer Anzeiger 67: 302–304.

Additional references

• 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Heurnia ventromatriculata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Heurnia ventromatriculata  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176688A7284164. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176688A7284164.en

Vernacular names

English: Mamberano Mud Snake