Dendrelaphis schokari

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 schokari (Kuhl, 1820)

Neotype: RMNH 842, collected by Frank in 1853. [designated by Rooijen & Vogel (2008: 39)]
Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.

Dipsas schokari Kuhl, 1820: 80 [original combination]
Dendrelaphis schokari — van Rooijen & Vogel, 2008: 38 [subsequent combination]

Dendrophis helena Werner, 1893: 81
- Holotype: NMW 24382:3.
- Type locality: “Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]”.

Kuhl, H. 1820. Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. Hermannsche Buchhandlung: Frankfurt am Main. 152 pp. BHL Reference page.
Werner, F. 1893. Herpetologische Nova (1). Zoologischer Anzeiger 16(414): 81–84. BHL
van Rooijen, J. & Vogel, G. 2008. An investigation into the taxonomy of Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803): revalidation of Dipsas schokari (Kuhl, 1820) (Serpentes, Colubridae). Contributions to Zoology 77: 33–43. PDF