Fordonia leucobalia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea
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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Fordonia
Species:

Lectotype: RMNH 1161, ♀, collected by H.C. Macklot & S. Müller between 1825–1832. [designated by Iskandar & Colijn (2001: 92)]

Type locality: “Timor”.

Homalopsis leucobalia Schlegel, 1837: 345 [original combination]
Fordonia leucobalia — Gray, 1842: 67 [subsequent combination]
Hemiodontus leucobalia — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 884 [subsequent combination]

Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum: La Haye. 606 S. + xvi. BHL

Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Fordonia leucobalia. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 November 2018.
Cogger, H., Greenlees, M., Fenner, A., Gillespie, G., Robertson, P. & Murphy, J. 2018. IUCN: Fordonia leucobalia (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176694A83452701. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T176694A83452701.en