Gonyosoma prasinum
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Gonyosoma
Species:
Name
Gonyosoma prasinum (Blyth, 1855)
- Syntypes: ZSI 7669, adult ♀, and ZSI 7671, juvenile ?♀, deposited by Mr. W. Robinson.
- Type locality: “Asám [=Assam]”, India.
Combinations
- Coluber prasinus Blyth, 1855: 291 [original combination]
- Elaphe prasina — Smith, 1930: 48 [subsequent combination]
- Gonyosoma prasina — Dowling & Jenner, 1988 [subsequent combination]
- Rhadinophis prasinus — Burbrink & Lawson, 2007 [subsequent combination, by implication]
- Rhynchophis prasinus — Wallach, Williams & Boundy, 2014: 655 [subsequent combination]
- Verdigrophis prasinus — Wallach, Midtgaard & Hsiao, 2024: 17 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
- Gonyosoma gramineum Günther, 1864: 294 [synonymised by Boulenger (1894: 59)]
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.10.22 (formerly 60.3.19.1155), juvenile ♂, collected by Griffith.
- Type locality: “probably from Khasya [=Khasi Hills]”, Meghalaya, India.
References
Primary references
- Blyth, E. 1855. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal 23(3): 287–302. BHL
- Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II. Containing the conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xi + 382 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
- Wallach, V., Midtgaard, R. & Hsiao, E. 2024. Revalidation of the Arboreal Asian Snake Genera Gonyophis Boulenger, 1891; Rhynchophis Mocquard, 1897; and Rhadinophis Vogt, 1922, with Description of a New Genus and Tribe (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Diversity 16: 576. DOI: 10.3390/d16090576
Reference page.
Additional references
- David, P., Campbell, P.D., Deuti, K., Hauser, S., Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N., Pauwels, O.S.G., Scheinberg, L., Sethy, P.G.S., Smits, T., Teynié, A. & Vogel, G. 2022. On the distribution of Gonyosoma prasinum (Blyth, 1854) and Gonyosoma coeruleum Liu, Hou, Ye Htet Lwin, Wang & Rao, 2021, with a note on the status of Gonyosoma gramineum Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5154(2): 175–197. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.2.4
Reference page.
Links
- Wogan, G., Grismer, L. & Chan-Ard, T. 2021. IUCN: Gonyosoma prasinum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T192082A149349824. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192082A149349824.en. Accessed on 06 August 2025.
Vernacular names
- English: Green Trinket Snake