Polemon acanthias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea 

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Atractaspididae
Subfamilia: Aparallactinae
Genus: Polemon
Species:

Name

Lectotype: ZMUC-R63128, collected by Schönning in 1850. [designated by Braestrup in Hughes & Barry (1969: 1024)]

Type locality: “Guinea”, corrected to “coast of Ghana” by Hughes & Barry (1969: 1024).

Combinations

  • Urobelus acanthias Reinhardt, 1860: 229 [original combination]
  • Elapomorphus acanthias — Jan, 1863: 47 [subsequent combination]
  • Miodon acanthias — Boulenger, 1896: 250 [subsequent combination]
  • Polemon acanthias — Villiers, 1975: 143 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: Reinhardt's Snake-eater
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