Homalophis gyii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Homalophis
Species: Homalophis gyii

Name

• Homalophis gyii (Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005)

Holotype: ZFMK 65824, ♀, collected by M. Auliya on 27 October 1996.

Type locality: “Indonesia, Kalimantan Barat, Sungai Kapuas at Putussibau (0°52’N, 112°55’E), where the Sibau River empties into the Kapuas River, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan”.

Combinations

• Enhydris gyii Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005: 272 [original combination]
• Homalophis gyii — Murphy & Voris, 2014: 23 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Murphy, J.C., Voris, H.K. & Auliya, M. 2005. A new species of Enhydris (Serpentes: Colubridae: Homalopsinae) from the Kapuas River System, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2): 271–275. Full article (PDF). 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

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Homalophis gyii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris gyii  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176679A7282427. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176679A7282427.en

Vernacular names

• English: Kapuas Mud Snake