Platyceps sinai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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

Holotype: USNM 134989, ♀.

Type locality: “Wadi Feizan, Sinai Peninsula”, Egypt.

Lytorhynchus sinai Schmidt & Marx, 1956: 30 [original combination]
Coluber sinai — Marx, 1968: 32 [subsequent combination]
Haemorrhois sinai — Welch, 1983: 69 [subsequent combination]
Platyceps sinai — Nagy, Lawson, Joger & Wink, 2004: 231 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Schmidt, K P. & Marx, H. 1956. The herpetology of Sinai. Fieldiana: Zoology 39(4): 21–40. BHL Reference page.

Schätti B. & Wilson L.D. 1986. Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 1986(399): 1–4.
Venchi, A. & Sindaco, R. 2006. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of the Mediterranean countries, with keys to species identification. Part 2 -Snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria", Genova XCVIII: 259–364.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Platyceps sinai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 January 2018.
Baha El Din, S., Disi, A.M. & Werner, Y.L. 2012. IUCN: Platyceps sinai (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T184059A1746105. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T184059A1746105.en