Leptophis ahaetulla

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Leptophis
Species: Leptophis ahaetulla
Subspecies: L. a. ahaetulla – L. a. bocourti – L. a. bolivianus – L. a. chocoensis – L. a. copei – L. a. liocercus – L. a. marginatus – L. a. nigromarginatus – L. a. occidentalis – L. a. ortonii – L. a. praestans

Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758) [conserved name]

• Lectotype: UUZM 2, donated by C. Gyllenborg in 1744. [designated by Savage & Oliver (1956: 149)]
• Type locality: “Asia, America”, restricted to “South America” by Savage & Oliver (1956: 148).
• Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 524 (1958: 264).

• Coluber ahaetulla Linnaeus, 1758: 225 [original combination]
• Leptophis ahaetulla — Bell, 1825: 328 [subsequent combination]

• Coluber filiformis Linnaeus, 1758: 225 (fide Stejneger, 1933)
• Coluber liocercus Wied, 1824: 665 (fide Stejneger, 1933)
• Ahaetulla liocercus — Gray, 1831: 93
• Dendrophis liocercus — Schlegel, 1837: 224
• Leptophis liocercus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 533
• Leptophis liocercus — Boulenger, 1894: 113

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1958. Opinion 524. Interpretation of the nominal species Coluber ahaetulla Linnaeus, 1758, and addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic name Ahaetulla Link, 1807 with Ahaetulla mycterizans Link, 1807 as type species (Class Reptilia). pp. 261–276 In Hemming, F. (Ed.). Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 19. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. BHL Reference page. 

• Bell, T. 1825. Zool. Jour., London, 2: 328.
• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1898. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 107–126.

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Leptophis ahaetulla. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 June 2022.
• Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Rivas, G., Nogueira, C., Gagliardi, G., Catenazzi, A. & Gonzales, L. 2019. IUCN: Leptophis ahaetulla  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T197499A2491090. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T197499A2491090.en. Accessed on 10 June 2022.

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