Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Crotaphopeltis
Species: Crotaphopeltis tornieri

Name

Crotaphopeltis tornieri (Werner, 1908)

Type locality: Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.

Holotype: ZMH R00652 (formerly no. 4576), subadult male.

Synonyms

  • Leptodira tornieri Werner, 1908: 1876
  • Leptodira rufescens Werner, 1895 [not L. r. (Gmelin) now Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia].
  • Leptodeira tornieri - Barbour & Amaral, 1927
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri - Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia hotamboeia - Bogert, 1940
  • Crotaphopeltis tornieri - Broadley, 1968
  • Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri — Welch, 1982
  • Crotaphopeltis tornieri — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 31

References

  • Werner, F. 1908. Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach nach dem Ägyptischen Sudan und Norduganda. XII. die Reptilien und Amphibien. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 116 [1907]: 1823–1926.
  • Barbour, T. & Loveridge. A. 1928. A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanzania Territory with descriptions of new species. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Cambridge (Massachusetts), 50 (2): 85–265.
  • Broadley, D. G. & Howell, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus, 1: 1—70.
  • Crotaphopeltis tornieri at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Werner's Water Snake
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