Dryocalamus nympha

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: Dryocalamus
Species: Dryocalamus nympha

Name

Dryocalamus nympha (Daudin, 1803)

Type locality: S India.

Synonyms

  • Coluber nympha Daudin, 1803: 244
  • Hurria nympha — Merrem, 1820: 93
  • Lycodon nympha — Schlegel, 1837: 120
  • Odontomus nympha — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 450
  • Hydrophobus semifasciatus — Günther, 1862 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Odontomus semifasciatus — Günther, 1864: 234 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Odontomus nympha — Günther, 1864: 233
  • Dryocalamus nympha var. ceylonensis Müller, 1887 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Hydrophobus nympha — Boulenger, 1890: 298
  • Dryocalamus nympha — Boulenger, 1893: 370
  • Dryocalamus nympha — Wall, 1921: 166
  • Cochliophagus isolepis Müller, 1924
  • Dryocalamus nympha — Smith, 1943: 274
  • Dryocalamus nympha — Das, 1996: 56

References

  • Daudin, F. M. 1803. Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Vol. 6. F. Dufart, Paris.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Dryocalamus nympha at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Vellore Bridal Snake
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