Xenopeltis hainanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pythonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Henophidia Superfamilia: Pythonoidea

Xenopeltis hainanensis Hu & Zhao, in Zhao, 1972: 36

Xenopeltis hainanensis jidamingae Zhao, 1995: 108 [synonymized by Kizirian, Truong, Eriksson & Vora (2003: 440)]
- Holotype: ZM 73002, adult ♂.
- Type locality: “Puyun Xiang, Longquan Co., Zhejiang Prov., China; altitude about 700 meters”.

Zhao, E.-M 1972. [Key to Chinese snakes] (in chinese). Materials for Herpetological Research 1(1): 1–60.
Zhao, E.-M 1995. 我国几种蛇的种下分类 [Infraspecific classification of some Chinese snakes] (in chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 14(3): 107–112.
Kizirian, D., Nguyen, T.Q., Eriksson, A. & Vora, N. 2003. Taxonomic status of Xenopeltis hainanensis jidamingae Zhao. Journal of Herpetology 37(2): 438–440. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0438:TSOXHJ]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Xenopeltis hainanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 June 2018.
Lau, M. & Zhou, Z. 2012. IUCN: Xenopeltis hainanensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192133A2044925. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192133A2044925.en

English: Hainan Sunbeam Snake