Dendrophidion nuchale

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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: Dendrophidion
Species: Dendrophidion nuchale
Name

Dendrophidion nuchale (Peters, 1863)

Type locality: “Caracas” [Venezuela].

Syntypes: ZMB, (lost).
Neotype: USNM 129579 (designated by Lieb, 1988)
Synonyms

Herpetodryas nuchalis Peters, 1863: 285
Dendrophidion clarkii Dunn, 1933: 78
Dendrophidion vinitor Smith, 1941 - Wilson, 1966 (fide Villa et al., 1988)
Drymobius percarinatus Cope, 1893 - Lancini, 1979 (fide Villa et al., 1988)
Dendrophidion dendrophis — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 80
Dendrophidion nuchalis — Bauer et al., 1995: 72
Dendrophidion nuchale — Kornacker, 1999
Dendrophidion nuchale — Esqueda et al., 2001
Dendrophidion nuchale — Wilson & Mccranie, 2002

References

Peters, W. 1863. Über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Schlangenarten des zoologischen Museums zu Berlin. Monatsb. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1863: 272–289.
Dunn, E.R. 1933. Amphibians and reptiles from El Valle de Antón, Panamá. Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 65–79.
Wilson, Larry David and James R. McCranie 2002. Update on the list of reptiles know from Honduras. Herpetological Review 33 (2):90-94.
Dendrophidion nuchale at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Peters' Forest Racer