Rhabdophis guangdongensis

Taxonavigation

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

Rhabdophis guangdongensis Zhu, Wang, Takeuchi & Zhao, 2014: 473

Holotype: SYS r000018, adult ♀, collected by Ying-Yong Wang on 26 May 2008.
Type locality: “Aizhai Village (24°56′16.58″ N, 113°39′57.82″ E; 132 m a.s.l., datum = WGS84), Renhua County, Guangdong Province, China”.
Synonymised with Rhabdophis angeli (Bourret, 1934), by Nguyen, Keetapithchayakul, Lathrop, Orlov, Nguyen, Poyarkov & David (2025: 14).

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.