Boiga ceylonensis

Boiga ceylonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

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: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: Boiga ceylonensis

Name

Boiga ceylonensis (Günther, 1858)

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

  • Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis Günther, 1858: 176
  • Dipsas ceylonensis — Günther, 1864
  • Dipsas nuchalis Günther, 1875 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Dipsadomorphus nuchalis — Wall, 1900 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Dipsadomorphus beddomei Wall, 1909 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Dipsadomorphus andamanensis Wall, 1909 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis — Wall, 1921: 278
  • Boiga andamanensis — Wall, 1924 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Boiga ceylonensis — Smith, 1943: 351
  • Boiga ceylonensis — Das, 1996: 54

References

  • Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281.
  • Wall, Frank 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages.
  • Das, I. 1999. Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna..., Elsevier, pp. 43-77.
  • Boiga ceylonensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sri Lanka Cat Snake
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