Dendrophidion apharocybe

Dendrophidion apharocybe

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: Dendrophidion
Species: Dendrophidion apharocybe

Name

  • Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012
Holotype: LACM 148593, an adult male. Collected 9 December 1974 by C. Dock, Carl Lieb, and Catherine Toft.
Type locality: Finca La Selva, 40 m elevation, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
Etymology: The species name is a feminine noun in apposition derived from the Greek words aphares, meaning naked or unclad, and kybe, meaning head. The ‘‘naked head’’ refers to the distinctive unadorned apex of the hemipenis of D. apharocybe compared with its sibling species.

Mentions

  • Dendrophidion dendrophis — Gaige et al., 1937: 12 (part)
  • Dendrophidion vinitor — Smith, 1941: 74–75 (part)
  • Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012

References

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