Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Common Bronze-Back, Common Bronze-Back, Painted Bronzeback, Indonesian Bronze-Back, Gemeine Bronzenatter, Gmelin's Bronzeback, Indonesian Bronze-Back, Painted Bronzeback
Common Names in German:
Gefleckte Bronzenatter, Gefleckte Bronzenatter, Gemeine Bronzenatter
Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,187 meters (0 to 3,894 feet).[2]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Colubrinae
()
- Genus:
Dendrelaphis
()
- Boulenger, 1890
- Specific name:
pictus
- (ANDERSON 1871)
- Scientific name: - Dendrelaphis pictus (ANDERSON 1871)
- Specific name:
pictus
- (ANDERSON 1871)
- Genus:
Dendrelaphis
(
- Subfamily:
Colubrinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Ahaetulla bellii HARDWICKE & GRAY 1834< /i> (Fide Rooijen & Vogel 2008) • Coluber pictus Gmelin 1789: 1116 • Dendrelaphis pictus — Cox Et Al. 1998: 71 • Dendrelaphis pictus — Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 338 • Dendrelaphis pictus — Mertens 1934 • Dendrophis picta — DumÉril & Bibron 1854: 197 • Dendrophis pictus — De Rooij 1917: 58 • Dendrophis pictus — Wall 1907: 189
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dendrelaphis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. bifrenalis (Boulenger's Bronzeback) · D. calligastra (Coconut Tree Snake) · D. caudolineatus (Gray Bronzeback) · D. cyanochloris (Wall's Bronzeback) · D. formosus (Elegant Bronzeback) · D. gastrostictus (Montane Treesnake) · D. gorei (Eastern Himalayan Bronze-Brown Snake) · D. grandoculis (Southern Bronzeback) · D. haasi (Haas) · D. humayuni (Tiwar's Bronzeback) · D. kopsteini (Kopstein) · D. lorentzi (Lorentz River Tree Snake) · D. oliveri (Oliver's Bronzeback) · D. papuensis (Papuan Treesnake) · D. pictus (Common Bronze-Back) · D. pictus pictus (Common Bronze-Back) · D. punctulata (Green Tree Snake) · D. punctulatus (Black Treesnake) · D. punctulatus punctulatus (Common Bronzeback) · D. salomonis (Solomons Treesnake) · D. striatus (Banded Bronzeback) · D. subocularis (Mountain Bronzeback) · D. tristis (Daudin's Bronzeback) · D. underwoodi (Underwood)
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Further Reading
- Asiatic herpetological research. 9 2001 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url p. 42, fig. 2, page 65, p. 66.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 15 1995 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 51.
- Ophidia taprobanica; or, The snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, H.R. Cottle, govt. printer, 1921. url p. 566.
- Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. London, Printed by order of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 281.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 378, p. 387, p. 393, p. 720.
- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 275.
- The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement / D. Luke Mahler, Maureen Kearney. 108 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. url p. 32.
- Tulane studies in zoology and botany. 23 New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- url .
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
- GBIF-Sweden: Herpetology (NRM)
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research: Herp Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2538813
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-9938
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 617297
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
- Mean = 117.370 meters (385.072 feet), Standard Deviation = 533.880 based on 35 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
