Trachischium apteii

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: Natricinae
Genus: Trachischium
Species: Trachischium apteii

Name

Trachischium apteii Bhosale, Gowande & Mirza, 2019: 325

• Holotype: BNHS 3550, adult ♀, collected by a party that included Harshal Bhosale, Gaurang Gowande, Mandar Savant, and Pushkar Phansalkar on 19 June 2019.
• Type locality: “Pange camp, Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh (27.549322° N, 93.897138° E, elevation 1890 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Bhosale, H.S., Gowande, G.G. & Mirza, Z.A. 2019. A new species of fossorial natricid snakes of the genus Trachischium Günther, 1858 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from the Himalayas of northeastern India. Comptes Rendus Biologies 342(9–10): 323–329. DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2019.10.003 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trachischium apteii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2023.