Mastigodryas melanolomus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
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 melanolomus
Subspecies: M. m. alternatus – M. m. laevis – M. m. melanolomus – M. m. slevini – M. m. stuarti – M. m. tehuanae – M. m. veraecrucis
Name

Mastigodryas melanolomus (Cope, 1868)

Type locality: Yucatan.
Synonyms

Masticophis melanolomus Cope, 1868: 134
Eudryas boddaerti melanolomus x laevis — Stuart, 1935: 48
Eudryas boddaerti melanolomus — Schmidt & Andrews, 1936
Dryadophis melanolomus — Stuart, 1939: 55
Mastigodryas melanolomus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 194
Dryadophis melanolomus - Villa et al., 1988
Dryadophis melanolomus — Liner, 1994
Dryadophis melanomus [sic] - Monroy Ibarra et al., 1996
Mastigodryas melanolomus — Torres-Carvajal, 2004
Mastigodryas melanolomus — Dixon & Tipton, 2004
Dryadophis melanolomus — Mccranie & Castañeda, 2005
Dryadophis melanolomus — Köhler et al., 2005

References

Cope, E.D. 1868: An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 96–140.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004: Herpetofauna of Isla de La Plata, Ecuador. Herpetological Review 35 (1): 85.
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 melanolomus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 sep 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Salmon-bellied Racer