Platyceps rogersi

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: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps rogersi
Name

Platyceps rogersi (Anderson, 1893)

Type locality: Lower Egypt.
Synonyms

Zamenis rogersi Anderson, 1893: 439
Coluber rogersi — Flower, 1933
Haemorrhois rogersi — Welch
Coluber rogersi —Schätti & Wilson, 1986
Coluber rogersi — Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch, 1996: 486
Platyceps rogersi — Schätti, 2004
Platyceps rogersi — Nagy et al., 2004
Platyceps cf. rogersi — Sindaco et al., 2006

References

Anderson, J. 1893: On a new species of Zamenis and a new species of Bufo from Egypt. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12: 439–440.
Schätti, B. 2004: Morphology and systematics of Platyceps rogersi (Anderson, 1893) - a review of the situation. Herpetozoa, 17 (3/4):161-174.
Sindaco, R.; Serra, G. & Menegon, M. 2006: New data on the Syrian herpetofauna with a newly recorded species of snake. Zoology of the Middle-East, 37: 29–38.
Platyceps rogersi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Rogers' Racer