Muhtarophis barani

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Muhtarophis
Species: Muhtarophis barani

Name

• Muhtarophis barani (Olgun, Avcı, Ilgaz, Üzüm & Yılmaz, 2007)

Holotype: ZDEU 122/2006, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Amanos Mountain (36°50’N, 36°25’E; altitude 1310 m a.s.l.), 34 km E of Dörtyol, Hatay Province, Turkey.”

Combinations

• Rhynchocalamus barani Olgun, Avcı, Ilgaz, Üzüm & Yılmaz, 2007: 58 [original combination]
• Muhtarophis barani — Avcı, Ilgaz, Rajabizadeh, Yılmaz, Üzüm, Adriaens, Kulmutaş & Olgun, 2015: 165 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Olgun, K., Avcı, A., Ilgaz, Ç., Üzüm, N. & Yılmaz, C. 2007. A new species of Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 1399: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Avcı, A., Ilgaz, Ç., Rajabizadeh, M., Yılmaz, C., Üzüm, N., Adriaens, D., Kumlutaş, Y. & Olgun, K. 2015. Molecular Phylogeny and Micro CT-Scanning Revealed Extreme Cryptic Biodiversity in Kukri Snake, Muhtarophis gen. nov., a New Genus for Rhynchocalamus barani (Serpentes: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 22(3): 159–174. Abstract and Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Avcı, A., Üzüm, N., Ilgaz, Ç. & Olgun, K. 2009. A new finding of Rhynchocalamus barani, Baran’s black-headed dwarf snake (Reptilia, Colubridae), in the Mediterranean region of Turkey widens its distribution range. Acta Herpetologica 4(2): 177–182. DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-3420

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Muhtarophis barani. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2017.

Vernacular names

Türkçe: Amanos yılanı