Platyceps rogersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 rogersi

Name

Platyceps rogersi (Anderson, 1893)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.71, collected by J. Anderson.
• Type locality: Lower Egypt.

Combinations

• Zamenis rogersi Anderson, 1893: 439 [original combination]
• Coluber rogersi — Flower, 1933 [subsequent combination]
• Platyceps rogersi — Inger & Clark, 1943 [subsequent combination]
• Haemorrhois rogersi — Welch, 1982 [subsequent combination]
• Eremiophis rogersi — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Platyceps karelini rogersi — Schätti, Kucharzewski, Masroor & Rastegar-Pouyani, 2012 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Anderson, J. 1893. On a new species of Zamenis and a new species of Bufo from Egypt. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 12: 439–440.

Additional references

• Schätti, B. 2004. Morphology and systematics of Platyceps rogersi (Anderson, 1893) - a review of the situation. Herpetozoa 17(3/4): 161–174.
• Sindaco, R., Serra, G. & Menegon, M. 2006. New data on the Syrian herpetofauna with a newly recorded species of snake. Zoology of the Middle-East 37: 29–38.

Links

• Baha El Din, S., Sadek, R., Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S. & Werner, Y.L. 2012. IUCN: Platyceps rogersi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164758A1073251. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164758A1073251.en. Accessed on 07 June 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Rogers' Racer