Leptophis ahaetulla ortonii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Leptophis
Species: Leptophis ahaetulla
Subspecies: Leptophis ahaetulla ortonii

Name

Leptophis ahaetulla ortonii Cope, 1876

Synonyms

• Leptophis ortonii Cope, 1876: 177
• Leptophis ortonii — Boulenger, 1894: 114
• Leptophis ahaetulla ortoni — Oliver, 1942: 4
• Thalerophis richardi ortoni — Oliver, 1948: 245
• Leptophis ahaetulla ortonii — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 163

References

• Cope, E.D. 1876. Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon and western Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 159–183 [1875].
• Oliver, J. A. 1942. A check list of the snakes of the genus Leptophis, with descriptions of new forms. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (No. 462): 19 pp.
• Leptophis ahaetulla at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Orton's Parrot Snake