Lielaphis slashi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lielaphis
Species: Lielaphis slashi

Name

Lielaphis slashi Huang, Austin, Bernstein, Iova, Roberts, Frederick & Ruane, 2026: 311

• Holotype: LSUMZ 92332 (field number CCA 3312), adult ♂, collected by C. C. Austin on 4 July 2006.
• Type locality: “Utai Village in Sanduan Province, Papua New Guinea, elevation 208 m above sea level (3.3961°S, 141.5829°E)”.

References

Primary references

• Huang, T.-Q., Austin, C.C., Bernstein, J.M., Iova, B., Roberts, J.R., Frederick, J.H. & Ruane, S. 2026. A new species of Papuan groundsnake (Squamata: Colubridae: Lielaphis) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 5866(2): 305–319. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5866.2.6 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Slash’s Groundsnake