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Bird Snake

Thelotornis capensis A. Smith 1849

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Thelotornis capensis A. Smith 1849
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Thelotornis capensis
Species recognized by Eswatini Species List, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, Angola Species List, Botswana Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Kenya Species List, Namibia Species List, South Africa Species List, Tanzania Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, wikipedia EU, Indian Ocean Species List, wikipedia ET, NCBI, EOL authors, and Wildfinder (WWF)
Thelotornis capensis Smith 1849
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Mozambique Species List
Thelotornis capensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Anderson and Wiens 2017, Global Biotic Interactions, and iNaturalist data coverage
Thelotornis capensis
Recognized by Flickr Group
Thelotornis capensis A. Smith 1849
Species recognized by IUCN, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Thelotornis capensis Smith 1849
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and iNaturalist

Alternative Names

Thelotornis capensis Broadley Et Al. 2003
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Dryiophis oatesi
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thelotornis capensis schilsi Derleyn 1978
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Bird Snake preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Twig Snake
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Vine Snake
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Afrikaans

Savannevoëlslang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

Капска лозова змия preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

נחש זרדים דרומי preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Shádiʼááhjí Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tłʼiish naʼatłʼoʼii preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Капская винная змея preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ثعبان كرمة السافانا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Thelotornis capensis A. Smith 1849

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Serpentes
Alethinophidia Nopcsa 1923
Colubridae Oppel 1811
Colubrinae Oppel 1811
Thelotornis A. Smith 1849
Thelotornis capensis A. Smith 1849 (this page)
Thelotornis capensis capensis A. Smith 1849
Thelotornis capensis oatesi (Günther 1881)
Thelotornis capensis schilsi Derleyn 1978
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell 1844)
Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage 1895)
Thelotornis usambaricus Broadley 2001

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Colubroidea
Colubridae
Colubrinae
Thelotornis
Thelotornis capensis Smith 1849 (this page)
Thelotornis capensis capensis (Smith 1849)
Thelotornis capensis oatesi (Günther 1881)
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell 1844)
Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage 1895)
Thelotornis usambaricus Broadley 2001

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Serpentes
Alethinophidia Nopcsa 1923
Colubridae Oppel 1811
Colubrinae Oppel 1811
Thelotornis A. Smith 1849
Thelotornis capensis A. Smith 1849 (this page)
Thelotornis capensis capensis A. Smith 1849
Thelotornis capensis oatesi (Günther 1881)
Thelotornis capensis schilsi Derleyn 1978
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell 1844)
Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage 1895)
Thelotornis usambaricus Broadley 2001

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Serpentes
Colubridae
Thelotornis
Thelotornis capensis Smith 1849 (this page)
Thelotornis capensis capensis (Smith 1849)
Thelotornis capensis oatesi (Günther 1881)
Thelotornis capensis schilsi Derleyn 1978
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell 1844)
Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage 1895)
Thelotornis usambaricus Broadley 2001

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Thelotornis A. Smith 1849
Thelotornis capensis Smith 1849 (this page)
Thelotornis capensis capensis
Thelotornis capensis oatesi (Günther 1881)
Thelotornis capensis schilsi Derleyn 1978
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell 1844)
Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage 1895)
Thelotornis usambaricus Broadley 2001

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Squamata Oppel 1811
Serpentes Linnaeus 1758
Alethinophidia Nopcsa 1923
Colubridae Oppel 1811
Colubrinae Oppel 1811
Thelotornis A. Smith 1849
Thelotornis capensis A. Smith 1849 (this page)
Thelotornis capensis capensis A. Smith 1849
Thelotornis capensis oatesi (Günther 1881)
Thelotornis capensis schilsi Derleyn 1978
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell 1844)
Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage 1895)
Thelotornis usambaricus Broadley 2001

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Thelotornis capensis A. Smith 1849 (this page)
Ahaetulla anomala (Annandale 1906)
Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta & Mohapatra 2019
Bamanophis dorri (Lataste 1888)
Boiga flaviviridis Vogel & Ganesh 2013
Boiga tanahjampeana Orlov & Ryabov 2002
Chironius flavolineatus (Jan 1863)
Chironius laurenti Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993
Chironius leucometapus Dixon, Wiest & Cei 1993
Chrysopelea rhodopleuron Boie 1827
Crotaphopeltis barotseensis Broadley 1968
Crotaphopeltis braestrupi Rasmussen 1985
Crotaphopeltis degeni (Boulenger 1906)
Crotaphopeltis hippocrepis (Reinhardt 1843)
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti 1768)
Crotaphopeltis tornieri (Werner 1908)
Dasypeltis abyssina (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854)
Dasypeltis atra Sternfield 1912
Dasypeltis confusa Trape & Mané 2006
Dasypeltis gansi Trape & Mané 2006
Dasypeltis medici (Bianconi 1859)
Dasypeltis palmarum (Leach 1818)
Dasypeltis sahelensis Trape & Mané 2006
Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus 1758)
Dendrelaphis keiensis (Mertens 1926)
Dendrelaphis sinharajensis Wickramasinghe 2016
Dipsadoboa aulica (Günther 1864)
Dipsadoboa brevirostris (Sternfeld 1908)
Dipsadoboa duchesnii (Boulenger 1901)
Dipsadoboa flavida (Broadley & Stevens 1971)
Dipsadoboa montisilva Branch, Conradie & Tolley 2019
Dipsadoboa shrevei (Loveridge 1932)
Dipsadoboa underwoodi Rasmussen 1993
Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther 1858
Dipsadoboa viridis (Peters 1869)
Dipsadoboa weileri (Lindholm 1905)
Dipsadoboa werneri (Boulenger 1897)
Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Eirenis modestus (Martin 1838)
Eirenis rechingeri Eiselt 1971
Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacepède 1789)
Gonyosoma jansenii (Bleeker 1859)
Hapsidophrys lineatus Fischer 1856
Hapsidophrys principis (Boulenger 1906)
Hapsidophrys smaragdinus (Schlegel 1837)
Iguanognathus werneri Boulenger 1898
Lycodon anamallensis Günther 1858
Lycodon sidiki Wostl, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith 2017
Lytorhynchus paradoxus (Günther 1875)
Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger 1887
Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel 1837)
Meizodon krameri Schätti 1985
Meizodon regularis Fischer 1856
Mopanveldophis zebrinus (Broadley & Schätti 2000)
Oligodon cyclurus (Cantor 1839)
Oligodon erythrogaster Boulenger 1907
Oligodon kheriensis Acharji & Ray 1936
Oligodon nikhili Whitaker & Dattatri 1982
Oligodon wagneri David & Vogel 2012
Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson 1901)
Philothamnus heterodermus (Hallowell 1857)
Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther 1863)
Philothamnus natalensis (A. Smith 1848)
Philothamnus nitidus (Günther 1863)
Platyceps najadum (Eichwald 1831)
Platyceps noeli Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski 2014
Platyceps sindhensis Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski 2014
Poecilopholis cameronensis Boulenger 1903
Proahaetulla antiqua Mallik, Achyuthan, Ganesh, Pal, Vijayakumar & Shanker 2019
Rhamnophis aethiopissa Günther 1862
Rhamnophis batesii (Boulenger 1908)
Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (Scopoli 1785)
Scaphiophis albopunctatus Peters 1870
Scaphiophis raffreyi Bocourt 1875
Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler 1824)
Stegonotus aruensis (Doria 1874)
Stegonotus derooijae Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017
Stegonotus florensis (De Rooij 1917)
Stegonotus iridis Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017
Stegonotus keyensis (Doria 1874)
Stegonotus lividus (Müller ex Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854)
Stegonotus sutteri Forcart 1953
Telescopus beetzii (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann 1831)
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus semiannulatus A. Smith 1849
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)
Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell 1844)
Thelotornis mossambicanus (Bocage 1895)
Thelotornis usambaricus Broadley 2001
Thrasops flavigularis (Hallowell 1852)
Thrasops occidentalis Parker 1940
Thrasops schmidti Loveridge 1936
Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell 1844)
Toxicodryas pulverulenta (Fischer 1856)
Wallaceophis gujaratensis Mirza, Vyas, Patel, Maheta & Sanap 2016
Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch 1873)
Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti 1768)
556 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Bifurcata
Unidentata
Episquamata
Toxicofera
Serpentes
Colubroidea
Colubridae
Colubrinae
Thelotornis
Thelotornis capensis (this page)
Thelotornis kirtlandii
Thelotornis mossambicanus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Eureptilia
Romeriida
Diapsida
Neodiapsida
Sauria
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Episquamata
Toxicofera
Ophidia
Serpentes
Alethinophidia
Caenophidia
Colubridae
Colubrinae
Thelotornis
Thelotornis capensis (this page)
Thelotornis capensis schilsi
Thelotornis kirtlandii
Thelotornis mossambicanus
Thelotornis usambaricus
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