Rhynchocalamus hejazicus

Taxonavigation

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Rhynchocalamus
Species: Rhynchocalamus hejazicus

Name

Rhynchocalamus hejazicus Licata, Pola, Šmíd, Ibrahim, Liz, Santos, Patkó, Abdulkareem, Gonçalves, AlShammari, Busais, Egan, Ramalho, Smithon & Brito, 2024: 696

• Holotype: RCU-URN-93850 (sample code FLI447), adult ♂, collected by Fulvio Licata on 24 May 2023.
• Type locality: “Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Medina Province, Shaaran Nature Reserve (26.85895°N, 38.30387°E), 1035 m asl.”

References

Primary references

• Licata, F., Pola, L., Šmíd, J., Ibrahim, A.A., Liz, A.V., Santos, B., Patkó, L., Abdulkareem, A., Gonçalves, D.V., AlShammari, A.M., Busais, S., Egan, D.M., Ramalho, R.M.O., Smithon, J. & Brito, J.C. 2024. The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 691–704. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.123441 Reference page.