Pseudoeryx plicatilis

Pseudoeryx plicatilis

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: Dipsadinae
Genus: Pseudoeryx
Species:

Name

Pseudoeryx plicatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Lectotype: NRH Lin-57 (formerly MAFR), ♂. [designated by Hoge (1964: 61)]
  • Type locality: “Ternataeis” (in error).

Combinations

  • Coluber plicatilis Linnaeus, 1758: 217 [original combination]
  • Pseudoeryx plicatilisFitzinger, 1826 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Pseudoeryx plicatilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 June 2022.
  • Gagliardi, G., Nogueira, C. de C., Embert, D., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Gonzales, L., Catenazzi, A., Schargel, W., Rivas, G., Silveira, A.L., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Strüssmann , C., Loebmann, D., Barbo, F.E., Franco, F.L., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Hoogmoed, M.S., Marques, O.A.V., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Sawaya, R.J. & da Costa, T.B.G. 2019. IUCN: Pseudoeryx plicatilis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T177528A44951789. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T177528A44951789.en. Accessed on 13 June 2022.

Vernacular names

  • English: South American Pond Snake
For more multimedia, look at Pseudoeryx plicatilis on Wikimedia Commons.