Achalinus ater

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species:

Achalinus ater Bourret, 1937: 72.

Syntype: MNHN 1935.49 (formerly RLB M.454), ♂, collected by René-Léon Bourret, in 1934.
Syntype: MNHN 1938.128 (formerly RLB M.455), ♀, collection data as per previous specimen.
Syntype: RLB M.793, ♀, collection data as per previous specimens, specimen lost.
Syntype: RLB M.795, ♂, collection data as per previous specimens, specimen lost.

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Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.T., Pham, A.V., van Schingen, M., Nguyen, T.T. & Le, M.D. 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.3 . Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Achalinus ater. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2019.
Jiang, J., Zhou, Z. & Lau, M. 2012. IUCN: Achalinus ater (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T176324A1438724. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176324A1438724.en