Homalopsis mereljcoxi

Homalopsis mereljcoxi

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: Homalopsis

Species: Homalopsis mereljcoxi

Name

• Homalopsis mereljcoxi Murphy, Voris, Murthy, Traub & Cumberbatch, 2012

Holotype: FMNH 263756, female, collected 16 June 2004 by Daryl R. Karns and John C. Murphy.

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, for his years of dedication to the study of the snakes of Thailand.

Mentions

• Homalopsis buccata Morice, 1875: 58
• Homalopsis mereljcoxi Geissler, 2012
• Homalopsis mereljcoxi Murphy, Voris, Murthy, Traub & Cumberbatch, 2012

References

• John C. Murphy, Harold K. Voris, B.H.C.K. Murthy, Joshua Traub & Christina Cumberbatch. 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: 1–26. Preview