Sinomicrurus japonicus
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Sinomicrurus
Species: Sinomicrurus japonicus
Name
[edit]Sinomicrurus japonicus (Günther, 1868)
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.97, collected by Whitely.
- Type locality: “Nagasaki”, in error fide Boulenger (1896: 395), corrected to “Ryukyu Is.” by Stejneger (1907: 389).
Combinations
[edit]- Callophis japonicus Günther, 1868: 428 [original combination]
- Hemibungarus japonicus — Boulenger, 1896: 395 [subsequent combination]
- Sinomicrurus japonicus — Slowinski, Boundy & Lawson, 2001: 239 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Günther, A. 1868. Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 1: 413–429. BHL
- Slowinski, J.B., Boundy, J. & Lawson, R. 2001. The Phylogenetic Relationships of Asian Coral Snakes (Elapidae: Calliophis and Maticora) Based on Morphological and Molecular Characters. Herpetologica 57(2): 233–245. JSTOR Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Ota, H., Ito, A. & Lin, J.-T. 1999. Systematic review of the Elapid snakes allied to Hemibungarus japonicus (Günther, 1868) in the East Asian Islands, with description of a new subspecies from the central Ryukyus. Journal of Herpetology 33(4): 675–687. DOI: 10.2307/1565585 Reference page.
- Environment Agency of Japan (eds.). 2000. Treatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptilia/Amphibia. ISBN 4-915959-70-8. [1]
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Sinomicrurus japonicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 January 2019.
- Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Sinomicrurus japonicus (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T177491A96877688. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T177491A96877688.en
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Japanese Coral Snake
- 日本語: ヒャン