Rhabdophis guangdongensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Rhabdophis
Species: Rhabdophis guangdongensis

Name

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”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Rhabdophis guangdongensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 October 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Guangdong Keelback