Homalopsis mereljcoxi

Homalopsis mereljcoxi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Homalopsis
Species: Homalopsis mereljcoxi

Name

Homalopsis mereljcoxi Murphy, Voris, Murthy, Traub & Cumberbatch, 2012: 13

• Holotype: FMNH 263756, ♀, collected by Daryl R. Karns and John C. Murphy on 16 June 2004.
• Type locality: “Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Wang Nam Khieo, Udon Sap (subdistrict), Ban Badan Reservoir (14°31’04” N, 101°58’25” E)”.
• Etymology: Named in in honor of Merel “Jack” Cox.

References

Primary references

• Murphy, J.C., Voris, H.K., Murthy, B.H.C.K., Traub, J. & Cumberbatch, C. 2012. The masked water snakes of the genus Homalopsis Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1822 (Squamata, Serpentes, Homalopsidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3208(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3208.1.1 Reference page.