Telescopus hoogstraali

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Telescopus
Species: Telescopus hoogstraali

Name

Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx, 1956: 33

Holotype: CNHM 72027, ♂.

Type locality: “Wadi el Sheikh, St. Catherine’s Monastery area, Sinai Peninsula [, Egypt]. ... at about 5000 feet altitude, among rocks on a hill-side.”

Combinations

Telescopus fallax hoogstraali — Zinner, 1977: 210 [name combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

Schmidt, K P. & Marx, H. 1956. The herpetology of Sinai. Fieldiana: Zoology 39(4): 21–40. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Zinner, H. 1977. The status of Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt and Marx 1956 and the Telescopus fallax Fleischmann 1831 complex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 207–212. JSTOR

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Telescopus hoogstraali. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 January 2018.
Disi M., A.M., Werner, Y. & Baha El Din, S. 2006. IUCN: Telescopus hoogstraali (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61582A12498578. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61582A12498578.en