Achalinus ater

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: 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
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species: Achalinus ater

Name

Achalinus ater Bourret, 1937: 72.

  • Syntype: MNHN 1935.49 (formerly RLB M.454), ♂, collected by René-Léon Bourret, in 1934.
  • Syntype: MNHN 1938.128 (formerly RLB M.455), ♀, collection data as per previous specimen.
  • Syntype: RLB M.793, ♀, collection data as per previous specimens, specimen lost.
  • Syntype: RLB M.795, ♂, collection data as per previous specimens, specimen lost.
  • Type locality: "Tonkin (Tam Dao, alt. 900 m)" = Tam Dao, northern Vietnam.

Synonymy

  • Achalinus niger Bourret, 1935: 103 (nomen praeoccupatum).

References

Primary references

  • Bourret, R.L. 1937. Notes herpétologiques sur l’indochine française. XV. Lézards et serpents reçu au laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Université au cours de l’année 1937. Descriptions de deux espèces et de deux variétés nouvelles. Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 17. Gouvernement Généneral de l’Indochine, Hanoi. pp. 57-80. Reference page. 

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Bourret's Odd-scaled Snake
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