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 dorsalis
Name
Mastigodryas dorsalis (Bocourt, 1890)
Synonyms
Drymobius (Eudryas) dorsalis Bocourt, 1890: 724
Dryadophis dorsalis — Stuart, 1939: 55
Dryadophis dorsalis — Stuart, 1941: 95
Mastigodryas dorsalis - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 193
Dryadophis dorsalis - Villa et al., 1988
Dryadophis dorsalis — Liner, 1994
Mastigodryas dorsalis — Dixon & Tipton, 2004
Dryadophis dorsalis — Köhler et al., 2005
References
Bocourt, M.E. 1873: In Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de Ia Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale, Recherches zoologiques. Part 2, sect. 1. In: A. Duméril, M. F. Bocourt, and F. Mocquard, (1870-1909), Etudes sur les reptiles, p. i-xiv; Imprimerie Imper., Paris, Livr. 2-15, pp. 33-860.
Dixon, James R.; Tipton, Bob L. 2004: Dryadophis versus Mastigodryas (Ophidia: Colubridae): a proposed solution. Herpetological Review 35 (4): 347–348.
Köhler, G.; Vesely, M. & Greenbaum, E. 2005: The amphibians and reptiles of El Salvador. Krieger Publishing, 238 pp. [review in Sauria 28 (3): 13].
Mastigodryas dorsalis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 sep 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Striped Lizard Eater
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