Mastigodryas cliftoni

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 cliftoni
Name

Mastigodryas cliftoni (Hardy, 1963)

Type locality: Mexico.
Synonyms

Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy, 1963
Dryadophis cliftoni Hardy, 1964
Dryadophis cliftoni — Liner, 1994
Mastigodryas cliftoni — Dixon & Tipton, 2004

References

Hardy, L.M. 1964: A replacement name for Dryadophis fasciatus Hardy. Copeia 1964 (4): 714.
Ponce-Campos, P. & Huerta-Ortega, S.M. 1998: Dryadophis cliftoni (Clifton’s Lizard Eater). Mexico: Nayarit. Herpetological Review 29 (3): 176.
Dixon, James R.; Tipton, Bob L. 2004: Dryadophis versus Mastigodryas (Ophidia: Colubridae): a proposed solution. Herpetological Review 35 (4): 347–348.
Mastigodryas cliftoni at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 sep 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Clifton’s Lizard Eater