Mastigodryas heathii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Mastigodryas heathii (Cope, 1876)

• Holotype: ANSP 11544, collected by E.R. Heath.
• Type locality: “in the valley of Jequetepeque, which extends from the Cordillera of Caxamarca to near the coast at Pacasmayo, Peru”.

Combinations

• Drymobius heathii Cope, 1876: 179 [original combination]
• Drymobius boddaerti heathii — Boettger, 1898 [subsequent combination]
• Dryadophis heathii — Stuart, 1939: 55 [subsequent combination]
• Dryadophis boddaertii heathii — Schmidt & Walker, 1943 [subsequent combination]
• Mastigodryas heathii — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1876. Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon and western Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, New Series 8: 159–183 [1875].
• Stuart, L.C. 1941. Studies of Neotropical Colubrinae VIII. A revision of the genus Dryadophis' Stuart, 1939. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 49: 1–106.

Additional references

• Lehr, E., Köhler, G. & Streit, B. 2002. Die Herpetofauna von Mittelperu entlang eines Transektes von der pazifischen Küste bis in die Hochanden (Amphibia et Reptilia). Faun. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 22(2): 361–392.

Vernacular names

• English: Heath's Tropical Racer