Platyceps rhodorachis

Platyceps rhodorachis

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps rhodorachis
Subspecies: P. r. kashmirensis – P. r. ladacensis – P. r. rhodorachis – P. r. subniger

Name

Platyceps rhodorachis (Jan, 1865)

• Lectotype: MSNG CE 30312 (formerly MSNG 3320), ♀, obtained by Ratchy via G. Jan in 1864. [designated by Kramer & Schnurrenberger (1963: 501)]
• Type locality: “Umgebung von Schiras Zentral-persien”.

Combinations

• Zamenis rhodorhachis Jan, 1865: 356 [original combination, nomen protectum]
• Haemorrhois rhodorachis [sic] — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Eremiophis rhodorachis — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Argyrogena rhodorachis — Sharma & Sharma, 1976 [subsequent combination]
• Platyceps rhodorachis — Schätti & Utiger, 2001 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1865. in: De Filippi, Note di un Viaggio in Persia nel 1862. G. Daelli & C. Editori, Milan, xi + 396 pp.

Additional references

• Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002. Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105–124.
• 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.
• Sinaiko, G., Magory-Cohen, T., Meiri, S. & Dor, R. 2018. Taxonomic revision of Israeli snakes belonging to the Platyceps rhodorachis species complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4379(3): 301–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.3.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Jan’s Cliff Racer