Hypnale hypnale

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

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Hypnale
Species: Hypnale hypnale

Name

  • Hypnale hypnale (Merrem, 1820)

Neotype: BNHS 2531.759, adult ♀. [designated by Maduwage et al. (2009: 4)]

Type locality: “Archipelago, Arabia, Aegypto”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Castle Rock in Karnataka State, India, 15º23’52” N, 74º19’56” E, alt. 620 m”, by Maduwage et al. (2009: 4).

Combinations

  • Cophias hypnale Merrem, 1820: 155 [original combination]
  • T[rigonocephalus]. hypnale — Schlegel, 1837: 550 [name combination]
  • Ancistrodon hypnale — Boulenger, 1890: 424 [name combination]
  • Hypnale hypnale — Gloyd, 1977: 1011 [name combination]

Synonyms

  • Trimesurus ceylonensis Gray, 1842: 48

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1.7.5.c, CG, BMNH 1.7.5.d, CG, both ♀.

Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.

Syntypes (2): ZSI A 3097, ZSI B 3097.

Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.

  • Ancistrodon millardi Wall, 1908: 792

Lectotype: BNHS 2531.759, adult ♀. [designated by Maduwage et al. (2009: 4)]

Type locality: “Castle Rock”, fixed by lectotype designation to “Castle Rock in Karnataka State, India, 15º23’52” N, 74º19’56” E, alt. 620 m”, by Maduwage et al. (2009: 4).

References

Primary references

  • Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 
  • Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of rattle-snakes, or family of Crotalidae. The Zoological Miscellany 3: 47–51.
  • Anderson, J. 1871. A list of the reptilian accessions to the Indian Museum, Calcutta from 1865–1870 with a description of some new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 40: 12–38. BHL
  • Wall, F. 1908. A new pit viper of the genus Ancistrodon. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18: 792–794. BHL
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Vernacular names

English: Hump-nosed Moccasin
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