Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea 

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Gyiophis
Species: Gyiophis maculosa

Name

Neotype: BMNH 1913.6.12.1, ♀. [designated by Murphy (2007: 282)]

Type locality: no locality data are available for this specimen fide Murphy (2007: 282).

Combinations

  • Hypsirhina maculosa Blanford, 1881: 226 [original combination, nomen substitutum]
  • Enhydris maculosaSmith, 1943: 387 [subsequent combination]
  • Gyiophis maculosaMurphy & Voris, 2014: 21 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

  • Hypsirhina maculata Blanford, 1879: 130 [preoccupied by Hypsirhina maculata Duméril & Bibron, 1854]

Holotype: ZSI 8207 (formerly IMC 8207), ♀, collected by Dr. Baker. [lost fide Das (1998: 157)]

Type locality: “Pegu ... in the neighbourhood of Bassein”.

  • Hypsirhina blanfordi Boulenger, 1890: 377 [nomen substitutum for Hypsirhina maculata Blanford, 1879]

References

Primary references

  • Murphy, J.C. 2007. A review of Enhydris maculosa (Blanford, 1879) and the description of a related species (Serpentes, Homalopsidae). Hamadryad 31(2): 281–287. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Blanford’s Mud Snake
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