Lycodon multifasciatus

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: Lycodon
Species: Lycodon multifasciatus

Name

Lycodon multifasciatus (Maki, 1931)

• Holotypus: NSMT H02643a, adult ♀, collected by S. Nishiishigaki in April 1929.
• Typuslokalität: “Ishigaki-Oshima, Loo Choo Islands [=Ishigakijima, Yaeyama Islands]”, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.
• Etymologie: The specific name multifasciatus is based on the Latin adjectives multus, meaning "many", and fasciatus, meaning "banded", due to the high number of dorsal bands.

Kombinationen

• Dinodon septentrionale multifasciatum Maki, 1931: 127 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Lycodon ruhstrati multifasciatus — Toriba, 1982: 46 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
• Lycodon multifasciatus — Vogel & Brachtel, 2008: 216 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Quellennachweise

Primärliteratur

• Maki, M. 1931. A Monograph of the Snakes of Japan. Dai-ichi Shobo: Tokyo. 240 pp. Seite dieser Quellenangabe. 
• Toriba, M. 1982. [Taxonomic status of Saki-shima Plum-blossom snake] (In Japanese). Nippon Herpetological Journal 23: 46.
• Vogel, G. & Brachtel, N. 2008. Contribution to the knowledge of Lycodon ruhstrati (Fischer, 1886) in Vietnam - taxonomy and biology of a little-known species. Salamandra 44(4): 207–224. PDF Seite dieser Quellenangabe. 

Weitere Literatur

• Ota, H., 1988. Taxonomic notes on Lycodon ruhstrati (Colubridae: Ophidia) from East Asia. Journal of Taiwan Museum 41(1): 85–91.
• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.). 2000. Treatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptillia/Amphibia. ISBN 4-915959-70-8
• Vogel, G., David, P., Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M., Norval, G., Hendrix, R., Vu, N.T. & Ziegler, T. 2009. A revision of Lycodon ruhstrati (Fischer 1886) auctorum (Squamata Colubridae), with the description of a new species from Thailand and a new subspecies from the Asian mainland. Tropical Zoology 22(2): 131–182. Seite dieser Quellenangabe. 

Weblinks

• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Lycodon multifasciatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T48892759A48892790.en. Accessed on 19 December 2021.

Trivialnamen

English: Ryukyu Wolf Snake
日本語: サキシマバイカダ