Omoadiphas aurula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Omoadiphas
Species: Omoadiphas aurula

Name

Omoadiphas aurula Köhler, Wilson & McCranie, 2001: 271

• Holotype: SMF 78865, ♀, collected by Fund. Hector Rodrigo Pastor Fasquelle.
• Type locality: “a coffee finca near Buenos Aires, 1250 elevation, Depto. Cortés, Honduras. This locality lies on the southern slopes of the Sierra de Omoa at about 15°30.03’ N, 88°11.13’ W”.

References

Primary references

• Köhler, G.; Wilson, L.D. & McCranie, J.R. 2001. A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra de Omoa of northwestern Honduras (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Senckenbergiana biologica 81(1-2): 269–276. Reference page. 

Links

• Wilson, L.D., Townsend, J.H. & Luque, I. 2014. IUCN: Omoadiphas aurula  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T203555A2768418. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203555A2768418.en. Accessed on 26 December 2025.