Platyceps karelini

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: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps karelini
Subspecies: P. k. karelini – P. k. mintonorum

Name

Platyceps karelini (Brandt, 1838)

Type locality: W Turkmenistan.

Synonyms

• Coluber (Tyria) karelini Brandt, 1838
• Zamenis karelini — Boulenger, 1890: 326
• Zamenis karelini — Boulenger, 1893: 401
• Coluber karelini — Smith, 1943: 169
• Coluber karelini — Leviton, 1959: 454
• Eremiophis karelini
• Haemorrhois karelini
• Coluber karelini —Schätti & Wilson, 1986
• Coluber karelini — Das, 1996: 55
• Coluber karelini — Szczerbak, 2003
• Platyceps karelini — Nagy et al., 2004

References

• Brandt 1838: Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. iii: 243.
• Schätti B; Wilson L.D. 1986: Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles No. 399 1986: 1–4.
• Nagy, Z.T.; R. Lawson, U. Joger, M. Wink 2004: Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia: Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 42 (3): 223–233.
• Platyceps karelini at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Desert Racer