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: Maculophis
Species: Maculophis bella
Subspecies: M. b. bella – M. b. chapaensis

Name

Maculophis bella (Stanley, 1917)

Type locality: Birma: Kachin, Sinlum Kaba.

Synonyms

  • Coronella bella Stanley, 1917
  • Elaphe leonardi leonardi Wall, 1921
  • Oligodon bella — Ding & Zheng, 1974
  • Coluber leonardi Wall, 1921: 43
  • Elaphe leonardi chapaensis Bourret, 1934
  • Elaphe leonardi — Smith, 1943: 156
  • Elaphe leonardi — Schulz, 1996
  • Oligodon bellus — Jiang et al., 2006
  • Maculophis bella — Burbrink, 2007

References

  • Stanley, Arthur 1917: Two new species of Chinese snakes. Jour. North-China Branch Royal Asiatic Soc., Shanghai, 47 [1916]: 83–84.
  • Jiang, Ai-wu; Zhou, Fang; Liu, Hong; Wang, Shao-neng. 2006: A new record of snake, Oligodon bellus, in Guangxi autonomous region. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 25(2):271. [In Chinese].
  • Burbrink, Frank T. and Robin Lawson 2007: How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43 (1): 173–189.
  • Maculophis bella at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Bella Rat Snake
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