Oxybelis aeneus

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: Oxybelis
Species: Oxybelis aeneus

Name

Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824)

  • Lectotype: ZSM 2645/0, ♀, collected by J.B. von Spix between November–December 1819. [designated by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983: 326)]
  • Type locality: “sylvis adjacentibus flumini Solimöens, prope Ega” [=forest along the Solimõens River, near Ega, now Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil (~ 03°21′ S, 64°42′ W)].

Combinations

  • Dryinus aeneus Wagler, 1824: 12 [original combination]
  • Oxybelis aeneusWagler, 1830: 183 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • Wagler, J. 1824. Serpentum brasiliensium species novae ou Histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l’intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière, publiée par Jean de Spix,...décrite d’après les notes du voyageur par Jean Wagler. Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni: Munich. vii + 75 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Hoogmoed, M.S. & Gruber, U. 1983. Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands). In: Fittkau, E.J. & Tiefenbacher, L. (eds.). Festschrift zu Ehren von Dr. Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix. Spixiana Supplement 9: 319–415. BHL; PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Brown Vine Snake
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