Opisthotropis haihaensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Opisthotropis haihaensis Ziegler, Pham, Nguyen, Nguyen, Wang, Wang, Stuart & Le, 2019: 579

Holotype: IEBR A.2016.34 (field no. QN 2016.91), adult ♀, collected by Cuong The Pham and Tan Van Nguyen on 9 May 2016.
Type locality: “forest near Tai Chi Village, Quang Son Commune, Hai Ha District, Quang Ninh Province, 950 m asl., Vietnam”.

Ziegler, T., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Wang, J., Wang, Y.-Y., Stuart, B.L. & Le, M.D. 2019. A new species of Opisthotropis from northern Vietnam previously misidentified as the Yellow-spotted Mountain Stream Keelback O. maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 4613(3): 578–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.9 . Reference page.

Wang, J., Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Lin, C.-Y., Yang, J.-H., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. Re-examination of the Chinese record of Opisthotropis maculosa (Squamata, Natricidae), resulting in the first national record of O. haihaensis and description of a new species. Zookeys 913: 141–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.913.48622 Reference page.

English: Hai Ha Mountain Stream Keelback