Meizodon semiornatus

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 semiornatus
Subspecies: M. s. semiornatus – M. s. tchadensis
Name

Meizodon semiornatus (Peters, 1854)

Type locality: “Tette” [Mozambique].

Syntypes: ZMB 4804, 4805 (2 specimens).
Synonyms

Coronella semiornata Peters, 1854: 622
Zamenis Fischeri Peters, 1879: 777
Coronella inornata Fischer, 1884 (fide Loveridge, 1957)
Zamenis citernii Boulenger, 1912
Zamenis tchadensis Chabanaud, 1917: 451
Coronella semiornata — Loveridge, 1936: 33
Coluber citernii - Loveridge, 1957
Meizodon semiornatus — Auerbach, 1987: 181
Meizodon semiornatus — Boycott, 1992
Meizodon semiornatus semiornatus — Broadley & Howell, 1991: 30

References

Peters, W.C.H. 1854: Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Ber. Bekanntmach. Geeignet. Verhandl. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1854: 614–628.
Auerbach, R.D. 1987: The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Gaborone Printing Works, Botswana, 295 pp.
Boycott, R.C. 1992: An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland. The Conservation Trust of Swaziland, 1992; online at https://web.archive.org/web/20120914175238/http://www.sntc.org.sz/checklst/sdreptam.html.
Meizodon semiornatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 sep 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Semiornate Snake