Mastigodryas cliftoni

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 Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Mastigodryas
Species: Mastigodryas cliftoni

Name

Mastigodryas cliftoni (Hardy, 1963)

Type locality: Mexico.

Synonyms

• Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy, 1963
• Dryadophis cliftoni Hardy, 1964
• Dryadophis cliftoni — Liner, 1994
• Mastigodryas cliftoni — Dixon & Tipton, 2004

References

• Hardy, L.M. 1964: A replacement name for Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy. Copeia 1964 (4): 714.
• Ponce-Campos, P. & Huerta-Ortega, S.M. 1998: Dryadophis cliftoni (Clifton’s Lizard Eater). Mexico: Nayarit. Herpetological Review 29 (3): 176.
• Dixon, James R.; Tipton, Bob L. 2004: Dryadophis versus Mastigodryas (Ophidia: Colubridae): a proposed solution. Herpetological Review 35 (4): 347–348.
• Mastigodryas cliftoni at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Clifton’s Lizard Eater