Platyceps saharicus

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 saharicus

Name

Platyceps saharicus Schätti & C. McCarthy, 2004

Type locality: St. Catherine’s Monastery area, Wadi el Sheikh.

Holotype: FMNH 72108.

Synonyms

• Coluber florulentus — Rüppell, 1845: 308 [part.]
• Zamenis ventrimaculatus [sic]— Günther in Burton, 1878: 398
• Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Boulenger, 1893: 381ff [part.]
• Zamenis rhodorhachis var. ladacensis — Boettger, 1898: 44
• Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Steindachner, 1900: 334
• Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Barbour, 1914: 88
• Coluber rhodorachis — Flower, 1933: 809
• Coluber rhodorhachis [sic] — Schmidt & Marx, 1956: 29
• Coluber r. rhodorachis — Kramer & Schnurrenberger, 1963: 501
• Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Marx, 1968: 31
• Coluber r. ladacensis — Mertens, 1969: 60 [part.]
• Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Werner, 1971: 244
• Coluber rhodorhachis [sic] — Branch, 1980: 343
• Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Gasperetti, 1988: 219
• Coluber rhodorachis — Leviton et al., 1992: 92 [part.]
• Coluber r. rhodorachis — El-Oran et al., 1994: 361
• Platyceps saharicus Schätti & Mccarthy, 2004

References

• Schätti, B. & McCarthy, C. 2004: Saharo-Arabian racers of the Platyceps rhodorhachis complex - description of a new species (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. Suisse Zoologie, 111 (4): 691–705.
• El-Oran, Ratib M.; Al-Melhem, Walid N.; Amr, Zuhair S. 1994: Snakes of southern Jordan. Bollettino di Zoologia, 61: 359–367.
• Platyceps saharicus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sahara Racer