Platyceps najadum

Platyceps najadum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps najadum
Subspecies: P. n. albitemporalis – P. n. atayevi – P. n. dahlii – P. n. kalymnensis – P. n. najadum – P. n. schmidtleri

Name

Platyceps najadum (Eichwald, 1831)

Type locality: Baku, Azerbaijan.

Synonyms

• Tyria najadum Eichwald, 1831: 174
• Coluber najadum Schmidt, 1939
• Coluber najadum — Szczerbak, 2003
• Platyceps najadum — Schätti & Monsch, 2004

References

• Eichwald, E. 1831: Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. Zawadski, Vilnae.
• Szczerbak, N.N. 2003: Guide to the Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Krieger, Malabar, FL, 260 pp.
• Schätti B. & Monsch, P. 2004: Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 111 (2): 239–256.
• Platyceps najadum at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Dahls Wipe Snake