Rabdion

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Calamariinae
Genus: Rabdion
Species (2): R. forsteni – R. grovesi

Type species: Rabdion forsteni Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by subsequent designation by Leviton (1958: 48).

Rhabdion Günther, 1858: 243 [nomen emendatum, incorrect subsequent spelling]
Rhabdophidium Boulenger, 1894: 328 [replacement name for Rabdion and Rhabdion, unjustified according to ICZN following Leviton (1958: 47)]

Duméril, A.M.C. 1853. Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens. Mémoires de l’Académie de Sciences de l’Institut de France 23: 399–536, 2 pls., 15 figs. BHL
Leviton, A.E. 1958. Reinstatment of the generic name Rabdion A.H.A. Dumeril for a monotypic genus of Asian burrowing snakes. Herpetologica 14(1): 47–48. JSTOR Reference page.

Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Vogel, G., McGuire, J.A., Sidik, I., Supriatna, J. & Ineich, I. 2015. Description of a Second Species of the Genus Rabdion Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Herpetologica 71(3): 234–239. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00058 Reference page.