Kladirostratus acutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Psammophiidae
Genus: Kladirostratus
Species: Kladirostratus acutus

Name

Kladirostratus acutus (Günther, 1888)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.81.
• Type locality: “Pungo Andongo, Angola”.

Combinations

• Psammophis acutus Günther, 1888: 327 [original combination]
• Kladirostratus acutus — Keates, Conradie, Greenbaum & Edwards 2019: 1051 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1888. Contribution to the knowledge of snakes of tropical Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6 1: 322–335.
• Keates, C., Conradie, W., Greenbaum, E. & Edwards, S. 2019. A snake in the grass: Genetic structuring of the widespread African grass snake (Psammophylax Fitzinger 1843), with the description of a new genus and a new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4): 1039–1066. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12337 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Striped Beaked Snake