Hapsidophrys

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neoreptilia
Cladus: Parapleurota
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Hapsidophrys
Species (3): H. lineatus – H. principis – H. smaragdina
Name

Hapsidophrys Fischer, 1856: 110

Type species: Hapsidophrys lineatus Fischer, 1856, by subsequent designation by Loveridge (1957: 263).

Synonyms

Gastropyxis Cope, 1861: 558 [synonymized by Broadley (1966: 423)]
Type species: Dendrophis smaragdina Schlegel, 1837, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Fischer, J.G. 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3: 79–116. BHL Reference page.
Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part 3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 553–566. BHL Reference page.
Loveridge, A. 1957. Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of East Africa (Uganda; Kenya; Tanganyika; Zanzibar). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 117(2): 153–362 + xxxvi. BHL
Broadley, D.G. 1966. A review of the Natal Green Snake, Philothamnus natalensis (A. Smith), with a description of a new subspecies. Annals of the Natal Museum 18(2): 417–423. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Hapsidophrys . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 May 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Black-lined Green Snakes

Hapsidophrys is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.[1]
Species

Hapsidophrys lineatus Fischer, 1856
Hapsidophrys principis (Boulenger, 1906)
Hapsidophrys smaragdinus (Schlegel, 1837)

References

Genus Hapsidophrys at The Reptile Database.