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Variable Cat Snake

Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Tarbophis dipsadomorphoides Ahl 1925
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records Germany
Telescopus variegatus
Species recognized by wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, Benin Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Ghana Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Senegal Species List, Togo Species List, wikipedia EU, Gulf of Guinea Species List, NCBI, and Wildfinder (WWF)
Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Telescopus variegatus Reinhardt 1843
Recognized by ReptileDB
Tarbophis dipsadomorphoides
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Telescopus variegatus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, and iNaturalist data coverage
Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, TreatmentBank, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Dipsas variegata Reinhardt 1843
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Tarbophis dipsadomorphoides Ahl 1925
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Tarbophis variegatus
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Tarbophis variegatus Werner 1897
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Telescopus variegatus
Synonym according to ReptileDB and ReptileDB
Dipsas variegata Reinhardt 1843
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Dipsas variegata Reinhardt 1843
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Tarbophis dipsadomorphoides Ahl 1925
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Variable Cat Snake preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB

Curated hierarchies for Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843)

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
Telescopus Wagler 1830
Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843) (this page)
Telescopus beetzi (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus dhara (Forskal 1775)
Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann 1831)
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956
Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl 1924)
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford 1874)
Telescopus semiannulatus A. Smith 1849
Telescopus tessellatus (Wall 1908)
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Colubroidea
Colubridae
Colubrinae
Telescopus
Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843) (this page)
Telescopus beetzi (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus dhara (Forskal 1775)
Telescopus fallax Fleischmann 1831
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956
Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl 1924)
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford 1874)
Telescopus semiannulatus Smith 1849
Telescopus tessellatus (Wall 1908)
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843) (this page)
Telescopus beetzi (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus dhara (Forskal 1775)
Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann 1831)
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956
Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl 1924)
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford 1874)
Telescopus semiannulatus A. Smith 1849
Telescopus tessellatus (Wall 1908)
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)

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
Telescopus
Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843) (this page)
Telescopus beetzi (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus dhara (Forskål 1775)
Telescopus fallax Fleischmann 1831
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956
Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl 1924)
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford 1874)
Telescopus semiannulatus Smith 1849
Telescopus tessellatus (Wall 1908)
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843) (this page)
Telescopus beetzi (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus dhara (Forskal 1775)
Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann 1831)
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956
Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl 1924)
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford 1874)
Telescopus semiannulatus A. Smith 1849
Telescopus tessellatus (Wall 1908)
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Telescopus Wagler 1830
Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843) (this page)
Telescopus beetzi (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus dhara (Forskal 1775)
Telescopus fallax Fleischmann 1831
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956
Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl 1924)
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford 1874)
Telescopus semiannulatus Smith 1849
Telescopus tessellatus (Wall 1908)
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)

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
Telescopus Wagler 1830
Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843) (this page)
Telescopus beetzi (Barbour 1922)
Telescopus dhara (Forskal 1775)
Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann 1831)
Telescopus finkeldeyi Haacke 2013
Telescopus gezirae Broadley 1994
Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956
Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl 1924)
Telescopus obtusus (Reuss 1834)
Telescopus pulcher (Scortecci 1935)
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford 1874)
Telescopus semiannulatus A. Smith 1849
Telescopus tessellatus (Wall 1908)
Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner 1909)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Telescopus variegatus (Reinhardt 1843) (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
Telescopus
Telescopus variegatus (this page)
Telescopus beetzi
Telescopus dhara
Telescopus fallax
Telescopus hoogstraali
Telescopus nigriceps
Telescopus obtusus
Telescopus pulcher
Telescopus semiannulatus
Telescopus tripolitanus

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
Telescopus
Telescopus variegatus (this page)
Telescopus beetzi
Telescopus dhara
Telescopus fallax
Telescopus finkeldeyi
Telescopus gezirae
Telescopus hoogstraali
Telescopus nigriceps
Telescopus obtusus
Telescopus pulcher
Telescopus rhinopoma
Telescopus semiannulatus
Telescopus tessellatus
Telescopus tripolitanus
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