Rodriguesophis chui

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Rodriguesophis
Species: Rodriguesophis chui

Name

• Rodriguesophis chui (Rodrigues, 1993)

Holotype: MZUSP 10.291, ♂.

Type locality: “Brasil: Bahia: Santo Inácio.”

Combinations

• Phimophis chui Rodrigues, 1993: 190 [original combination]
• Rodriguesophis chui — Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto, 2012: 457 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Rodrigues, M.T. 1993. Herpetofauna of paleoquaternary sand dunes of the middle São Francisco river: Bahia: Brazil. VI. Two new species of Phimophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) with notes on the origin of psammophilic adaptations. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 38(11): 187–198. Reference page. 
• Grazziotin, F.G., Zaher, H., Murphy, R.W., Scrocchi, G., Altamirano-Benevides, M.A., Zhang, Y.-P. & Bonatto, S.L. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics 28(5): 437–459. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rodriguesophis chui. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 June 2018.