Miralia alternans

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea
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: Homalopsoidea

Lectotype: SMF 19465 (formerly SMF-R III.C.4.a & SMF-B 9004, 1a), collected by Peitsch on 1827. [designated by Mertens (1922: 181)]

Type locality: “Java”.

Brachyorrhos alternans Reuss, 1834: 155 [original combination]
Miralia alternans — Gray, 1842: 68 [subsequent combination]
Eurostus alternans — Dumeril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 957 [subsequent combination]
Hypsirhina alternans — Jan, 1863: 78 [subsequent combination]
Enhydris alternans — Haas, 1950: 575 [subsequent combination]
Miralia alternas — Murphy & Voris, 2014: 28 [subsequent combination]

Reuss, A. 1834. Zoologische Miscellen. Reptilien, Ophidier. Museum Senckenbergiana: Frankfurt/M. 1: 129-162.
Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Miralia alternans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris alternans (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176668A7280622. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176668A7280622.en

English: Reuss’ Mud Snake