Taxonavigation

Lycodryas cococola
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: Lamprophiinae
Genus: Lycodryas
Species: Lycodryas cococola
Subspecies: L. c. cococola – L. c. innocens

Name

  • Lycodryas cococola Hawlitschek, Nagy & Glaw, 2012
Holotype: ZSM 41/2010 (field number FGZC 1512); adult male; collected 13 February 2010; by O. Hawlitschek, J. Berger, B. Brückmann.
Type locality: Comoros Archipelago, COMOROS,Grand Comoro, Lac Salé; volcanic rocks around lake (11.37375°S; 43.37306°E, 72 m elevation.
Etymology: Name derived from Cocos, genus name of the coconut palm, and the Latin lexical suffix -cola, meaning inhabiting. This taxon is commonly found on and near coconut palms, as also reflected by the French vernacular name serpent des cocotiers (Coconut palm snake).

References

  • Hawlitschek O., Nagy Z.T., Glaw F., 2012: Island Evolution and Systematic Revision of Comoran Snakes: Why and When Subspecies Still Make Sense. PLoS One, 7(8): e42970. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042970 .

Vernacular names

English: Coconut Palm snake
Tiếng Việt: Rắn dừa
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