Chionactis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chionactis
Species (2): C. occipitalis C. palarostris

Name

  • Chionactis Cope, 1860: 241 [replacement name]

Type species: Rhinostoma occipitale Hallowell, 1854, by original designation and monotypy.

Synonyms

  • Lamprosoma Hallowell, 1856: 310 [preoccupied by Lamprosoma Kirby, 1818]

Type species: Rhinostoma occipitale Hallowell, 1854, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Shovel-nosed Snakes
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