Mastigodryas cliftoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Mastigodryas cliftoni (Hardy, 1964)

Holotype: KU 73489, adult ♂, collected by P.L. Clifton on 29 August 1962.
Type locality: “Plumosas, 22 kilometers east of Matatán, elevation 770 meters, Sinaloa, México”.
Paratypes (n=3): KU 73488 from “3 kilometers southeast Talpa, 1,570 meters, Jalisco”, and KU 73490-91, from type locality.

Dryadophis cliftoni Hardy, 1964: 714 [original combination, nomen novum pro Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy, 1963]
Mastigodryas cliftoni — Dixon & Tipton, 2004: 345 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy, 1963: 669 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Coluber fasciatus Rosén, 1905]
- Holotype: KU 73489, adult ♂, collected by P.L. Clifton on 29 August 1962.
- Type locality: “Plumosas, 22 kilometers east of Matatán, elevation 770 meters, Sinaloa, México”.
- Paratypes (n=3): KU 73488 from 3 kilometers southeast Talpa, 1,570 meters, Jalisco”, and KU 73490-91, from type locality.

Hardy, L.M. 1963. Description of a New Species of Snake (Genus Dryadophis) from México.Copeia 1963(4): 669–672. DOI: 10.2307/1440969 Reference page.
Hardy, L.M. 1964. A replacement name for Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy. Copeia 1964(4): 714. DOI: 10.2307/1441456 Reference page.
Dixon, J.R. & Tipton, B.L. 2004. Dryadophis versus Mastigodryas (Ophidia: Colubridae): A proposed solution. Herpetological Review 35(4): 347–349. Reference page.

Ponce-Campos, P. & Huerta-Ortega, S.M. 1998. Dryadophis cliftoni (Clifton’s Lizard Eater). Mexico: Nayarit. Herpetological Review 29(3): 176.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Mastigodryas cliftoni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2022.
Bowles, P. 2021. IUCN: Mastigodryas cliftoni (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T198381A2522763. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198381A2522763.en. Accessed on 03 November 2022.