Oxybelis potosiensis

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: Oxybelis
Species: Oxybelis potosiensis

Name

Oxybelis potosiensis Taylor, 1941: 128

• Holotype: UIMNH 25069 (formerly EHT-HMS 23614), adult ♀, collected by E.H. Taylor on 7 September 1940.
• Type locality: “38 km northwest of Ciudad Maíz [circa 22°30′N, 99°56′W], San Luis Potosí (Km 192)”, Mexico.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1941. Herpetology Miscellany, No. II. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 27(7): 105–132. BHL

Additional references

• Jadin, R.C., Blair, C., Orlofske, S.A., Jowers, M.J., Rivas, G.A., Vitt, L.J., Ray, J.M., Smith, E.N. & Murphy, J.C. 2020. Not withering on the evolutionary vine: Systematic revision of New World Vine Snakes. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 20: 723–746. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-020-00461-0 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oxybelis potosiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 March 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Gulf Coast Vine Snake