Lygophis elegantissimus

Lygophis elegantissimus

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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Lygophis
Species: Lygophis elegantissimus

Name

Lygophis elegantissimus (Koslowsky, 1896)

• Holotype: MLP, ♀, collected by J. Koslowsky and N. Alboff in 1890. [lost fide Williams in Dixon (1985: 571)]
• Type locality: “Sierra de la Ventana”.

Combinations

• Rhadinaea elegantissima Koslowsky, 1896: 155 [original combination]
• Lygophis elegantissimus — Zaher et al., 2009: 147 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Koslowsky, J.G. 1896. Reptiles y Batracios de la Sierra de la Ventana. Revista del Museo de La Plata 7: 149–156. BHL Reference page. 
• Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G., Cadle, J.E., Murphy, R.W., Moura-Leite, J.C. & Bonatto, S.L. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49(11): 115–153. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lygophis elegantissimus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 December 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Striped Ground Snake
español: Culebra de Sierra de la Ventana