Phalotris normanscotti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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: Phalotris
Species: Phalotris normanscotti

Name

• Phalotris normanscotti Cabral & Cacciali, 2015: 73

Holotype: MNHNP 5160, adult ♂, collected by P. Freed and J. Furman on 21 February 1995.

Type locality: “3 km S of Filadelfia, 22º22’45’’S, 60º01’48’’0W (all datum 5WGS84), 138 m above sea level (asl), Boquerón Department, Paraguay”.

References

Primary references

• Cabral, H. & Cacciali, P. 2015. A New Species of Phalotris (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Paraguayan Chaco. Herpetologica 71(1): 72–77. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00021 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Phalotris normanscotti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2019.

Vernacular names

• English: Chaco Burrowing Snake