Synophis calamitus

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

Synophis calamitus Hillis, 1990: 2

Holotype: KU 197107, juvenile ♀, collected by D.M. Hillis on 2 April 1984.
Type locality: “4 km SE Tandayapa, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, elevation 1890 m”.

Hillis, D.M. 1990. A new species of xenodontine colubrid snake of the genus Synophis from Ecuador and the phylogeny of the genera Synophis and Emmochliophis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas 135: 1–9. BHL Reference page.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2016. IUCN: Synophis calamitus (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44581858A44581860. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44581858A44581860.en. Accessed on 06 January 2024.

English: Calamitous Shadow Snake