Psammophis subtaeniatus

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

Lectotype: ZMB 9992A, collected by W.C.H. Peters between June 1843–Aug. 1847. [designated by Broadley (1977: 13)]

Type locality: “Tete [=Tette]”, Mozambique.

Psammophis moniliger var. subtaeniata Peters, 1882: 121 [original combination, as subspecies]
Psammophis subtaeniatus — Boulenger, 1895: 538 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Peters, W. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät es Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgefeführt von Wilhelm C. Peters. Zoologie III. Amphibien. Reimer: Berlin. 191 pp.

Broadley, D.G. 1977. A review of the genus Psammophis in southern Africa (Serpentes: Colubridae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 8(12): 1–29. Reference page.

Broadley, D.G. 2002. A review of the species of Psammophis Boie found south of latitude 12°S (Serpentes: Psammophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 83–119. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2002.9635466 Reference page.

English: Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake

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