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: Pseustes
Species: Pseustes cinnamomeus

Name

Pseustes cinnamomeus (Wagler, 1824)

Type locality: “Habitat in sylvis fl umini Amazonum confi nibus” [Brazil, Rio Amazonas].

Holotype: Uncatalogued specimen(s) (lost), collected by Spix and Martius expedition to Brazil, 1817-1820.

Synonyms

References

  • Wagler, J. 1824: Serpentum Brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens. In: Jean de Spix, Animalia nova sive species novae. Monaco, Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni, vii + 75 pp.
  • Dixon J.R.; Wiest J.A. Jr; Cei J.M. 1993: Revision of the Neotropical snake genus Chironius Fitzinger (Serpentes, Colubridae). MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI MONOGRAFIE (TURIN), 13: 1–280.
  • Claessen, H. 2003: De slangen can de Guyana’s. Deel iv. Lacerta, 61 (1): 19–27.
  • Pseustes cinnamomeus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Rio Amazonas Puffing Snake
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