Boiga barnesii

Boiga barnesii

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Boiga barnesii (Günther, 1869)

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Named for Richard Hawksworth Barnes (Q124290752)

Synonyms

• Dipsas barnesii Günther, 1869: 506
• Dipsadomorphus barnesii — Boulenger, 1896
• Dipsadomorphus barnesii — Wall, 1921: 283
• Boiga barnesii — Smith, 1943: 354
• Boiga barnesii — Das, 1996: 54

References

• Günther, A., 1869. Report on two collections of Indian reptiles. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869: 500–507.
• 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.
• Samarawickrama, V.A.M.P.K.; Samarawickrama, V.A.P.; Wijesena, N.M. & Orlov, N.L. 2005. A new species of genus Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) from Sri Lanka. Russ. J. Herpetol. 12 (3): 213–222.
• Boiga barnesii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Barnes' Cat Snake