Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Tribus: Alsophiini
Genus: Magliophis
Species: Magliophis exiguum
Subspecies (2): M. e. exiguum – M. e. subspadix
Name
- Magliophis exiguum (Cope, 1862)
Syntypes (5): formerly ANSP & USNM , collected by Rüse, between 1855–1862. [lost fide Schwartz & Henderson (1991: 585)]
Type locality: “St. Johns and St. Thomas, W.I.”, restricted to “St. Thomas”, U.S. Virgin Islands by Schwartz (1967: 3).
Combinations
- Dromicus exiguus Cope, 1862: 79 [original combination]
- Arrhyton exiguus — Maglio, 1970 [subsequent combination]
- Magliophis exiguum — Zaher et al., 2009 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Magliophis exiguum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 July 2018.