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 sexcarinatus

Name

Pseustes sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824)

Type locality: “Habitat rarus ad fl umen Amazonum” [Brazil, Rio Amazonas].

Holotype: ZSM 1744/0 (lost).

Synonyms

  • Natrix sexcarinatus Wagler, 1824: 35
  • Herpetodryas sexcarinatus - Boulenger, 1894: 72
  • Chironius sexcarinatus — Boulenger, 1894: 346
  • Chironius sexcarinatus - Serié, 1936
  • Pseustes sexcarinatus - Hoge, 1964
  • Pseustes sexcarinatus - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Pseustes sexcarinatus - Cei, 1993

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.
  • Boulenger, George A. 1894: Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
  • Pseustes sexcarinatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Wagler's Puffing Snake
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