Lycognathophis seychellensis

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: Natricinae
Genus: Lycognathophis
Species: Lycognathophis seychellensis

Name

Lycognathophis seychellensis (Schlegel, 1837)

Type locality: Seychelles.

Synonyms

• Psammophis seychellensis Schlegel, 1837: 212
• Scopelophis seychellensis - Fitzinger, 1843
• Tropidonotus seychellensis - Duméril, 1853
• Tropidonotus seychellensis — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 588
• Thrasops citrinus Cope, 1893
• Lycognathophis seychellensis - Boulenger, 1893: 317
• Lycognatophis [sic] seychellensis — Hoesch, 1982
• Scopelophis seychellensis - Dowling, 1990
• Lycognathophis seychellensis — Mattison, 1995: 93
• Lycognathophis seychellensis — Mattison, 2007: 95

References

• Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Générale: xxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptive: 606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum).
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
• Deepak, V., Maddock, S.T., Williams, R., Nagy, Z.T., Conradie, W., Rocha, S., Harris, S.J., Perera, A., Gvozdík, V., Doherty-Bone, T.M., Kamei, R.G., Menegon, M., Labisko, J., Morel, C., Cooper, N., Day, J.J. & Gower, D.J. 2021. Molecular phylogenetics of sub-Saharan African natricine snakes, and the biogeographic origins of the Seychelles endemic Lycognathophis seychellensis. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 161: 107152. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107152 PDF Reference page. 
• Mattison, Chris 2007. The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press.
• Lycognathophis seychellensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Seychelles Wolf Snake