Sinomicrurus macclellandi

Sinomicrurus macclellandi in August 2020 in Guangzhou, province Guangdong, China

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Sinomicrurus
Species: Sinomicrurus macclellandi
Subspecies (4): S. m. iwasakii – S. m. macclellandi – S. m. swinhoei – S. m. univirgatus

Name

Sinomicrurus macclellandi (Reinhardt, 1844)

Holotype: ZMUC 65399, collected by J. McClelland, between 1835–1836.

Type locality: “Assam”, India.

Combinations

• Elaps macclellandi Reinhardt, 1844: 532 [original combination]
• Calliophis mcclellandii [sic] — Günther, 1861: 219 [subsequent combination]
• Hemibungarus mcclellandi — Ota, 1991 [subsequent combination]
• Sinomicrurus macclellandi — Slowinski, Boundy & Lawson, 2001: 239 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Reinhardt, J.T. 1844. Description of a new species of venomous snake, Elaps Macclellandi. Calcutta Journal of Natural History 4: 532–534. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sinomicrurus macclellandi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 July 2018.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: MacClellands Korallenotter
English: MacClelland’s Coral Snake
中文: 中华珊瑚蛇

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