Rhabdophis shuichengensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: 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

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

Name

Rhabdophis shuichengensis Xu, Xiong, Zhang, Chen & Zhang in Xu et al., 2025: 307

• Holotype: LPSSY2022071701, ♂, collected by Shihang Xu and Hong Chen.
• Type locality: “Minghu Lake National Wetland Park, Guizhou Province”, China.

References

Primary references

• Xu, S.-H., Xiong, R.-C., Zhang, C.-W., Xiang, X.-J., Chen, H. & Zhang, B.-W. 2025. A New Species of the Genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guizhou Province, Southwestern China. Asian Herpetological Research 16(3): 304–313. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2025.0024 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Shuicheng Groove-necked Snake