Mimophis mahfalensis

Mimophis mahfalensis

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Mimophis
Species: Mimophis mahfalensis

Name

Mimophis mahfalensis (Grandidier, 1867)

Type locality: Madagascar, Machikova and Anhoulabé.

Typus: Holotype BMNH-1946.1.9.50-52 [Note: This listed specimen should have a much earlier collection date than the given 1946 accession date].

Synonyms

• Psammophis mahfalensis Grandidier, 1867: 234. Protonym

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Mahafalynatter

References

Primary references

• Grandidier, A. 1867. Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 2(19): 232–234. BHL Reference page. 

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