Anilius scytale

Familia: Aniliidae
Genus: Anilius
Species: Anilius scytale
Subspecies (2): A. s. phelpsorum – A. s. scytale

Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758) {conserved name]

• Lectotype: NHR Lin-13 (formerly MAFR). [designated by McDiarmid et al. (1999: 157)]
• Type locality: “Indiis”.
• Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 651 (1963: 111).

• Anguis scytale Linnaeus, 1758: 228 [original combination]
• Tortrix scytale— Oppel, 1811 [subsequent combination]
• Anilius scytale— Oken, 1816 [subsequent combination]
• Ilysia scytale— Lichtenstein, 1823 [subsequent combination]

• 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. 1963. Opinion 651. Anilius Oken, 1816 (Reptilia); Validation under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(2): 111–113. BHL Reference page. 

• 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. 

• Arredondo, J.C., Castañeda, M.R., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Velasco, J., Hoogmoed, M.S., Nogueira, C. de C., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Martins, M.R.C. 2019. IUCN: Anilius scytale  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T167047A15204086. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T167047A15204086.en. Accessed on 16 June 2022.

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