Platyceps largeni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superclassis: 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 largeni

Name

Platyceps largeni (Schätti, 2001)

• Holotype: BMNH 1973.3211, ♀, collected by M.J. Largen on 7 January 1970.
• Type locality: “Sarad Island, Dahlak, Ethiopia”.

Combinations

• Coluber largeni Schätti, 2001: 142 [original combination]
• Platyceps largeni — Schätti & Utiger, 2001 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Schätti, B. 2001. A new species of Coluber (sensu lato) from the Dahlak Islands, Eritrea, with a reviw of the herpetofauna of the archipelago. Russian Journal of Herpetology 8(2): 139–148.

Links

• Spawls, S. 2021. IUCN: Platyceps largeni  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T18032696A18032704. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T18032696A18032704.en. Accessed on 27 December 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Largen's Racer