Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Amami Odd-Scaled Snake, Amami Takachiho Snake
Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Xenodermatinae
()
- Genus:
Achalinus
()
- Specific name:
werneri
- Van Denburgh
- Scientific name: - Achalinus werneri Van Denburgh
- Specific name:
werneri
- Van Denburgh
- Genus:
Achalinus
(
- Subfamily:
Xenodermatinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Achalinus loochoensis Thompson
- Achalinus Spinalis Werneri
- Achalinus werneri Ota 2000
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Achalinus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. ater (Bourret's Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. braconnieri · A. formosanus (Formosa Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. formosanus chigirai · A. formosanus formosanus (Formosa Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. hainanus (Hainan Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. jinggangensis (Zong's Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. meiguensis (Szechwan Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. niger (Black Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. rufescens (Boulenger's Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. spinalis (Peters' Odd-Scaled Snake) · A. spinalis spinalis · A. spinalis werneri · A. werneri (Amami Odd-Scaled Snake)
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Mori (1982) Japans Schlangen, Vols. 1-3.
- Moriguchi et al. (1979) JAPANESE JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY 8 (1): 36.
- Ota (2000) Popul. Ecol. 42: 5-9
- Van Denburgh (1912) Privately published by author, San Francisco. 8 pages.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Achalinus werneri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2663242
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-424
- IUCN ID: 161
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 986
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
