Coelognathus helena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Coelognathus
Species: Coelognathus helena
Subspecies: C. h. helena – C. h. monticollaris

Name

Coelognathus helena (Daudin, 1803)

Type locality: India: Vishakhapatnam.

Holotype: Based on description and color plate in Russel (1796: 37; Pl. XXXII; 'Mega Rekula Poda'), from Vizagapatam (= Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, southeastern India).

Synonyms

  • Coluber helena Daudin, 1803: 277
  • Herpetodryas helena — Schlegel, 1837: 192
  • Cynophis bistrigatus Gray, 1849: 246
  • Plagiodon Helena — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 170
  • Herpetodryas malabaricus Jerdon, 1854: 530 (fide Boulenger, 1894)
  • Cynophis helena — Günther, 1858: 95
  • Cynophis helena — Günther, 1859: 231
  • Coluber helena — Boulenger, 1894: 36
  • Coluber helena — Wall, 1921: 197
  • Elaphe helena — Smith, 1943: 149
  • Elaphe helena — Das, 1996: 56
  • Elaphe helena — Schulz, 1996
  • Coelognathus helena — Helfenberger, 2001
  • Coelognathus helena — Utiger et al., 2002
  • Elaphe helena — Avadhani, 2005
  • Coelognathus helenus — Janzen et al., 2007

References

  • Daudin, F. M. 1803. Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Vol. 6. F. Dufart, Paris.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Janzen, P.; Klaas, P. & Ziesmann, S. 2007. Sri Lankas Schlangenfauna. Draco 7 (30): 56–64.
  • Coelognathus helena at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Trinket Snake
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