Lycophidion nanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea 

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: Elapoidea

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Lycophidion
Species: Lycophidion nanum

Name

Holotype: NMZB-UM 6988, adult ♂, collected by L.A. Balarin and D.G. Broadley on 3 December 1963.

Type locality: “Xiluvo, Manica e Sofala District, Mozambique at ca. 250 metres”.

Combinations

  • Cryptolycus nanus Broadley, 1968: 2 [original combination]
  • Lycophidion nanum Broadley, 1996 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Wolf Snake
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