Opisthotropis voquyi

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 voquyi

Name

Opisthotropis voquyi Ziegler, David, Ziegler, Pham, Nguyen & Le, 2018: 481

• Holotype: IEBR 4326 (field no. TYT.2013.4), adult ♂, collected by Cuong The Pham et al. on 14 June 2013.
• Type locality: “Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, Bac Giang Province, 437 m asl., Vietnam”.

References

Primary references

• Ziegler, T., David, P., Ziegler, T.N., Pham, T.C., Nguyen, T.Q. & Le, M.D. 2018. Morphological and molecular review of Jacob’s Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 (Squamata: Natricidae) with description of a sibling species from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4374(4): 476–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Opisthotropis voquyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 July 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Vo Quy’s Mountain Stream Keelback