Euprepiophis conspicillata

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: Euprepiophis
Species: Euprepiophis conspicillata

Name

Euprepiophis conspicillata (Boie, 1826)

Type locality: Japan.

Synonyms

  • Coluber conspicillatus Boie, 1826: 211
  • Elaphis conspicillatus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 285
  • Proterodon tessellatuys Hallowell, 1860: 499 (fide Stejneger, 1907)
  • Coronella perspicillata Müller, 1878: 595 (lapsus)
  • Coluber conspicillatus — Boulenger, 1894: 51
  • Elaphe conspicillata — Stejneger, 1907: 334
  • Elaphe conspicillata japonica Maki, 1931
  • Elaphe japonica — Frank & Ramus, 1995
  • Elaphe conspicillata — Schulz, 1996
  • Euprepiophis conspicillatus — Utiger et al., 2002

References

  • Boie. H. 1826. Merkmale einiger japanischer Lurche. lsis van Oken, Jena. 19: 203 - 216 [vol 18 (2) fide Zhao & Adler 1993].
  • Schulz, Klaus-Dieter 1996. A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books, 439 pp.
  • Utiger, Urs, Notker Helfenberger, Beat Schätti, Catherine Schmidt, Markus Ruf and Vincent Ziswiler 2002. Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old World and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe Auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 9 (2): 105–124.
  • Euprepiophis conspicillata at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Woodsnake
Burrowing Ratsnake
日本語: ジムグリ
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