Mastigodryas heathii

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: Mastigodryas
Species: Mastigodryas heathii
Name

Mastigodryas heathii (Cope, 1876)

Type locality: Valley of Jequetepeque, Peru.
Synonyms

Drymobius heathii Cope, 1876: 179
Drymobius heathii — Cope, 1878: 34
Dryadophis heathii - Stuart, 1939: 55
Dryadophis heathii - Stuart, 1941
Dryadophis boddaertii heathii — Schmidt & Walker, 1943
Mastigodryas heathii — Lehr et al., 2002

References

Cope, E.D. 1876: Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon and western Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 159–183 [1875].
Stuart, L.C. 1941: Studies of Neotropical Colubrinae VIII. A revision of the genus Dryadophis Stuart, 1939. Miscellaneous publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 49: 1–106.
Lehr, E.; Köhler, G. & Streit, B. 2002: Die Herpetofauna von Mittelperu entlang eines Transektes von der pazifischen Küste bis in die Hochanden (Amphibia et Reptilia). Faun. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 22 (2): 361–392.
Mastigodryas heathii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 sep 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Heath's Tropical Racer