Rhabdophis angeli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Rhabdophis angeli (Bourret, 1934)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-1938.123 (formerly M.295), collected by Deloustal.
Type locality: “Station d’altitude du Tam-Dao, située à 900 m d’altitude dans la province de Vinh-Yên, au bord même du delta tonkinois”.

Rhabdophis guangdongensis Zhu, Wang, Takeuchi & Zhao, 2014: 473 [ynonymised by Nguyen, Keetapithchayakul, Lathrop, Orlov, Nguyen, Poyarkov & David (2025: 14)]

Bourret, R. 1934. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine francaise. II. Sur que quelques serpents des montagnes du Tonkin. Bulletin general de l'instruction publique 14(8): 149–157. Reference page.
Zhu, G.-X., Wang, Y.-Y., Takeuchi, H. & Zhao, E.-M. 2014. A new species of the genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guangdong Province, southern China. Zootaxa 3765(5): 469–480. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.5.5 Reference page.
Nguyen, T.V., Keetapithchayakul, T.S., Lathrop, A., Orlov, N.L., Nguyen, D.T., Poyarkov, N.A. & David, P. 2025. Molecular and morphological evidences for considering Rhabdophis guangdongensis Zhu, Wang, Takeuchi & Zhao, 2014 a junior synonym of Rhabdophis angeli (Bourret, 1934) (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 5706(1): 1–35. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.1.1 Reference page.

Stuart, B. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2012. IUCN: Rhabdophis angeli (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192210A2056095. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192210A2056095.en. Accessed on 08 February 2026.