Myrrophis chinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Myrrophis
Species: Myrrophis chinensis

Name

• Myrrophis chinensis (Gray, 1842)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.42, ♂, collected by J.R. Reeves.

Type locality: “China”.

Combinations

• Hypsirhina chinensis Gray, 1842: 66 [original combination]
• Enhydris chinensis — Smith, 1923: 203 [subsequent combination]
• Myrrophis chinensis — Kumar, Sanders, George & Murphy, 2012: 484 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 59–68.
• Biju Kumar, A., Sanders, K.L., George, S. & Murphy, J.C. 2012. The status of Eurostus dussumierii and Hypsirhina chinensis (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): with comments on the origin of salt tolerance in homalopsid snakes. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(4): 479–489. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.751940 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Myrrophis chinensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris chinensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176674A7281615. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176674A7281615.en

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Mud Snake