Platyceps saharicus

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: Platyceps
Species: Platyceps saharicus
Name

Platyceps saharicus Schätti & C. McCarthy, 2004

Type locality: St. Catherine’s Monastery area, Wadi el Sheikh.

Holotype: FMNH 72108.
Synonyms

Coluber florulentus — Rüppell, 1845: 308 [part.]
Zamenis ventrimaculatus [sic]— Günther in Burton, 1878: 398
Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Boulenger, 1893: 381ff [part.]
Zamenis rhodorhachis var. ladacensis — Boettger, 1898: 44
Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Steindachner, 1900: 334
Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] — Barbour, 1914: 88
Coluber rhodorachis — Flower, 1933: 809
Coluber rhodorhachis [sic] — Schmidt & Marx, 1956: 29
Coluber r. rhodorachis — Kramer & Schnurrenberger, 1963: 501
Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Marx, 1968: 31
Coluber r. ladacensis — Mertens, 1969: 60 [part.]
Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Werner, 1971: 244
Coluber rhodorhachis [sic] — Branch, 1980: 343
Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] — Gasperetti, 1988: 219
Coluber rhodorachis — Leviton et al., 1992: 92 [part.]
Coluber r. rhodorachis — El-Oran et al., 1994: 361
Platyceps saharicus Schätti & Mccarthy, 2004

References

Schätti, B. & McCarthy, C. 2004: Saharo-Arabian racers of the Platyceps rhodorhachis complex - description of a new species (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Rev. Suisse Zoologie, 111 (4): 691–705.
El-Oran, Ratib M.; Al-Melhem, Walid N.; Amr, Zuhair S. 1994: Snakes of southern Jordan. Bollettino di Zoologia, 61: 359–367.
Platyceps saharicus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names