Platyceps variabilis manseri

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 variabilis
Subspecies: Platyceps variabilis manseri

Name

Platyceps variabilis manseri Leviton, 1986

• Holotype: CAS 140514.
• Type locality: “Hakimah”, Saudi Arabia.

Combinations

• Coluber manseri Leviton, 1986 [original combination]
• Coluber variabilis manseri — Schätti & Gasperetti, 1994 [subsequent combination]
• Platyceps manseri — Egan, 2007 [subsequent combination]
• Platyceps variabilis manseri — Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski, 2014 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Leviton A. E. 1986. Description of a new species of Coluber (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from the southern Tihama of Saudi Arabia, with comments on the biogeography of southwestern Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 436–446.

Additional references

• Egan, D. 2007. Snakes of Arabia. Motivate Publishing: Dubai. 208 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Platyceps variabilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Manser's Black Racer