Case 3599. Coluber irregularis Leach in Bowdich, 1819 (currently Philothamnus irregularis; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation.
| dc.contributor.author | Meirte, D. | |
| dc.date | 2013 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-15T10:06:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-15T10:06:50Z | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-5167 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/1998 | |
| dc.description | <P>The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name <EM>Coluber irregularis</EM> Leach in Bowdich, 1819 (currently <EM>Philothamnus irregularis</EM>) for the African northern green bush snake. The name was placed on the Official List by a ruling in Opinion 328. This name is a junior primary homonym of <EM>Coluber irregularis</EM> Bechstein, 1802 (currently <EM>Boiga irregularis</EM>), used for the brown tree snake, known from Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Melanesia, and infamous for its invasive colonization of Guam. Both names are in use and are not considered congeneric. It is proposed that the name <EM>Coluber irregularis</EM> Leach in Bowdich, 1819 be conserved by ruling that it is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym. In order to conserve the name <EM>Coluber irregularis</EM> Leach in Bowdich, 1819, Opinion 328 suppressed the senior synonym <EM>Coluber caesius</EM> Cloquet, 1818. In that action, the name <EM>Coluber azureus</EM> Bonnaterre, 1790 (a senior objective synonym of <EM>Coluber caesius</EM> Cloquet, 1818) was overlooked. In this paper, <EM>Coluber azureus</EM> Bonnaterre, 1790 is declared a nomen oblitum under Article 23.9.2 of the Code. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature | |
| dc.title | Case 3599. <EM>Coluber irregularis</EM> Leach in Bowdich, 1819 (currently <EM>Philothamnus irregularis</EM>; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation. | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.subject.frascati | Biological sciences | |
| dc.audience | Scientific | |
| dc.subject.free | Biological collection and data management | |
| dc.source.title | Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature | |
| dc.source.volume | 70(2) | |
| dc.source.page | 89-98 | |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | |
| dc.identifier.rmca | 3206 |
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