Trachischium guentheri

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: Natricinae
Genus: Trachischium
Species: Trachischium guentheri

Name

Trachischium guentheri Boulenger, 1890: 285

• Syntypes (n=4): BMNH 1946.1.12.29, ♂, collected by V. Schlagintweit; BMNH 1946.1.12.36, collected by R.H. Beddome; and BMNH 1946.1.12.49 and 1946.1.12.50, ♂ and ♀, collected by W.T. Blanford.
• Type locality: “Sikhim”.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wang, K., Jiang, K., Jin, J-Q., Liu, X. & Che, J. 2019. Confirmation of Trachischium guentheri (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Tibet, China, with description of Tibetan T. monticola. Zootaxa 4688(1): 101–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Gower, D.J. 2010. IUCN: Trachischium guentheri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T177520A7448565. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T177520A7448565.en

Vernacular names

English: Coral-bellied Wormsnake