Mopanveldophis zebrinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
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: Viperoidea

Holotype: SMWN R. 8046, ♂, collected by M. Lindeque & M. Griffin on 10 April 1991.

Type locality: “near the Cunene River, at Ruacana, western Owamboland, Namibia (17°25’S, 14°10’E)”.

Coluber zebrinus Broadley & Schätti, 2000: 172 [original combination]
Hemerophis zebrinus — Wallach, Williams & Boundy, 2014: 325 [subsequent combination]
Mopanveldophis zebrinus — Figueroa, McKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux, 2016: 23 [subsequent combination]

Broadley, D.G. & Schätti, B. [1997] 2000. A new species of Coluber from northern Namibia (Reptilia: Serpentes). Madoqua 19(2): 171–174. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Figueiroa, A., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Bell, C.D. & Lailvaux, S.P. 2016. A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0161070. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161070 Reference page.

English: Namibia Racer

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