Platyceps insulanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps insulanus

Name

Platyceps insulanus (Mertens, 1965)

Type locality: Sarso Island.

Synonyms

• Coluber insulanus Mertens, 1965
• Coluber insulanus —Schätti & Wilson, 1986
• Coluber insulanus — Gasperetti, 1988: 215

References

• Mertens, R. 1965. Eine neue Natter von einer Insel des roten Meeres. Senckenberg. biol. 46: 5–9.
• Schätti B.; Wilson L. D. 1986. Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399 1986: 1–4.
• Gasperetti, J. 1988. Snakes of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 9: 169–450.

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Platyceps insulanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 July 2021.

Vernacular names

• English: Sarso Island Racer