Meizodon coronatus

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: Meizodon
Species: Meizodon coronatus
Name

Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837)
Synonyms

Calamaria coronata Schlegel, 1837: 46
Meizodon coronatus — Loveridge, 1955
Coronella coronata — Böhme, 1988
Meizodon coronatus — Rödel et al., 1999
Meizodon coronatus — Trape & Mane, 2004

References

Schlegel, H. 1837: Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Générale: xxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptive: 606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum).
Loveridge, A. 1956: On snakes collected in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by J.S. Owen, Esq. Sudan Notes Rec. 36: 37–56 [1955].
Rödel, M.O.; Kouadio, K, & Mahsberg, D. 1999: Die Schlangenfauna des Comoé-Nationalparks, Elfenbeinküste: Ergänzungen und Ausblick. Salamandra 35(3): 165–180.
Meizodon coronatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 sep 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Western Crowned Snake