Orthriophis moellendorffi

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: Orthriophis
Species: Orthriophis moellendorffi

Name

Orthriophis moellendorffi (Boettger, 1886)

Type locality: China: Guangxi, Nanning.

Holotype: SMF 8056.

Synonyms

  • Cynophis Moellendorffi Boettger, 1886: 520
  • Coluber moellendorffi — Boulenger, 1894: 56
  • Elaphe moellendorffii Stejneger, 1907
  • Elaphe moellendorffi — Smith, 1943: 153
  • Elaphe moellendorffi — Schulz, 1996
  • Orthriophis moellendorffi — Utiger et al., 2002

References

  • Boettger, O. 1886: Diagnoses reptilium novorum ab ill. viris O. Herz et Consule Dr. O. Fr. de Moellendorff in Sina meridionali repertorum. Zool. Anz. 9: 519–520.
  • 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.
  • Orthriophis moellendorffi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 01 oct 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Flower Snake, Moellendorf’s Rat Snake
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