Mastigodryas amarali

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: Mastigodryas
Species: Mastigodryas amarali
Name

Mastigodryas amarali (Stuart, 1938)

Type locality: Isla Margarita, Venezuela.
Synonyms

Eudryas amarali Stuart, 1938: 7
Dryadophis amarali — Stuart, 1941: 57
Dryadophis amarali — Roze, 1966: 116
Mastigodryas amarali — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 191
Mastigodryas amarali — Kornacker, 1999: 113

References

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.
Peters, James A.; Donoso-Barros, Roberto & Orejas-Miranda, Braulio 1970: Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Part II Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US nation. Mus., Washington, 297: 347 pp.
Kornacker, P.M. 1999: Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag, Rheinbach, Germany, 270 pp.
Mastigodryas amarali at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 sep 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Amaral's Tropical Racer