Platyceps ventromaculatus

Platyceps ventromaculatus

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 ventromaculatus
Subspecies: P. v. bengalensis – P. v. indusai – P. v. ventromaculatus

Name

Platyceps ventromaculatus (Gray, 1834)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.11.42, ♀, collected by T. Hardwicke between 1756–1823.
• Type locality: Unknown, designated as “Bengal” by Schmidt (1939: 74).

Combinations

• Coluber ventromaculatus Gray, 1834: 80 [original combination]
• Zamenis ventrimaculatus [sic] — Günther, 1858 [subsequent combination]
• Tyria ventrimaculata [sic] — Cope, 1862 [subsequent combination]
• Platyceps ventromaculatus — Inger & Clark, 1943 [subsequent combination]
• Haemorrhois ventromaculatus [sic] — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Eremiophis ventromaculatus — Welch, 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Argyrogena ventromaculatus — Murthy, 1985 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray. J.E. 1835. Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke. Vol. 2. London (1833-1834): 263 pp., 95 plates.

Additional references

• Schätti B. & Monsch, P. 2004.: Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of Whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 111(2): 239–256.
• 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.

Vernacular names

• English: Hardwicke's Rat Snake