Dendrelaphis effrenis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
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: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Chrysopeleinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species:

Dendrelaphis effrenis (Werner, 1909)

Holotype: ZMUH, collected by John Hagenbeck. [missing, misplaced or destroyed during the World War II]
Neotype: NMSL 2016.06.01 NH, adult ♀, collected by L.J.M. Wickramasinghe. [designated by Danushka et al. (2020: 97)]
Type locality: “Colombo”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Mideripitiya, Sinharaja Forest, Deniyaya, Matara District, Southern Province (N 06°21’24.72”, E 080°29’21.63”), 285 m” by Danushka et al. (2020: 97).

Dendrelaphis sinharajensis Wickramasinghe, 2016: 506 [synonymised by Danushka et al. (2020: 97)]

Werner, F. 1909. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 26: 205–247. BHL
Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2016. A new canopy-dwelling species of Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Sinharaja, World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4162(3): 504–518. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.5 Reference page.
Danushka, A.D., Kanishka, A.S., Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Vogel, G. & Seneviratne, S.S. 2020. A new species of Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Reptilia: Colubridae) from the wet zone of Sri Lanka with a redescription of Dendrelaphis bifrenalis (Boulenger, 1890). Taprobanica 9(1): 83–102. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.224 Reference page.