Opisthotropis laui

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: Natricinae
Genus: Opisthotropis
Species: Opisthotropis laui

Name

• Opisthotropis laui Yang, Sung & Chan, 2013: 290

Holotype: KIZ 060100, ♀, collected on 26 July 2002 by Bosco P.L. Chan and Michael W.N. Lau.

Type locality: “Beifengshan Forest Park, Mt. Gudou, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China (22°14’20’’ N, 112°55’05’’ E, ca. 300 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Yang, J.-H., Sung, Y.-H. & Chan, B.P.-L. 2013. A new species of the genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Guangdong Province, China. Zootaxa 3646(3): 289–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.3.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Opisthotropis laui. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 July 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Lau’s Mountain Stream Snake