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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Philodryas
Species: Philodryas argentea
Name

Philodryas argentea (Daudin, 1803)

Holotype: ?BMNH 1946.1.9.86.

Type locality: unknown.
Combinations

Coluber argenteus Daudin, 1803: 336 [original combination]
Oxybelis argenteus — Duméril, 1853: 487 [subsequent combination]
Philodryas argentea — Zaher et al., 2009 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Sixième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 447 pp. + plates LXXI–LXXX. BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Philodryas argentea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 October 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Striped Sharpnose Snake

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