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Hierophis viridiflavus LACÉPÈDE, 1789

                 
 

Higher Taxa

Colubridae, Colubrinae, Serpentes (snakes

Subspecies

Hierophis viridiflavus carbonarius (BONAPARTE 1833)
Hierophis viridiflavus viridiflavus (LACÉPÈDE 1789

Common Name

E: Green Whip Snake, Western Whip Snake, Dark Green Snake
G: Gelbgrüne Zornnatter

Synonym

Couleuvre verte et jaune LACÉPÈDE 1789 (fide DUMÉRIL et al. 1854)
Coluber atro-virens SHAW 1802: 449
Zamenis viridi-flavus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 686
Zamenis atrovirens — BOULENGER 1887: 345
Zamenis gemonensis var. atrovirens — WERNER 1903: 250
Coluber gemonensis gyarosensis MERTENS 1968
Coluber viridiflavus kratzeri KRAMER 1971
Coluber viridiflavus antoniimanujeli CAPOLONGO 1984
Hierophis laurenti gyarosensis
Coluber viridiflavus — KAHL et al. 1980: 232
Coluber viridiflavus —SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986
Hierophis viridiflavus — SCHÄTTI 1988
Hierophis gyarosensis — SCHÄTTI 1988
Coluber gyarosensis — BÖHME 1993
Coluber laurenti gyarosensis
Hierophis viridiflavus — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Haemorrhois viridiflavus — WELCH
Hierophis viridiflavus — NAGY et al. 2004
Hierophis gyarosensis — NAGY et al. 2004
Dolichophis gyarosensis — NAGY et al. 2004

Coluber viridiflavus carbonarius (BONAPARTE 1833)
Hierophis viridiflavus carbonarius — UTIGER & SCHÄTTI 2004
Coluber viridiflavus carbonarius — HENLE 1985

Coluber viridiflavus viridiflavus (LACÉPÈDE 1789)
Coluber viridiflavus viridiflavus — RIMPP 1979
Hierophis viridiflavus viridiflavus

Location

NE Spain,
France (+ Corsica), S Switzerland,
NW Yugoslavia: coastal Croatia (including some Adriatic islands), Slovenia,
Italy (+ Sardinia, Elba), Malta, Cyprus

carbonarius: “Yugoslavia” (near Rovinj etc.)

gyarosensis: Greece; Type locality: Gyaros Island

kratzeri: Montecristo Island

Type locality: S France

Holotype

Comment

Please note that SAVAGE (2003) suggested to reject Lacepède’s (1788) “Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares” as a non-binominal work (Case 3226; Bull. Zool. Nom. 60 (2)). In 1987 the ICZN ruled accordingly in opinions 1463 and 2104. However, this name has been retained via Opinion 1686.

UTIGER & SCHÄTTI (2004) synonymized Coluber gemonensis gyarosensis with Hierophis viridiflavus.

Not listed by ENGELMANN et al. (1993), who list only Coluber laurenti. Not listed by SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986. Not listed by Göcmen et al. (2009

References
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