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Telescopus  Wagler, 1830
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1081459

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyColubrinae Oppel, 1811  
                                        GenusTelescopus Wagler, 1830  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesTelescopus beetzi (Barbour, 1922) – Namib Tiger Snake, Karoo Tiger Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus dhara (Forskal, 1775) – Large-eyed Cat Snake, Israeli Cat Snake, Arabian Cat Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831) – Mediterranean Cat Snake, European Cat Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus finkeldeyi Haacke, 2013 – Damara Tiger Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus gezirae Broadley, 1994 – Blue Nile Cat Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus hoogstraali Schmidt and Marx, 1956  
                                           SpeciesTelescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924) – Black-headed Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus obtusus (Reuss, 1834) – Egyptian Catsnake, Egyptian Cat Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus pulcher (Scortecci, 1935) – Beautiful Cat Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874) – Indian Desert Tiger Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus semiannulatus A. Smith, 1849 – Common Tiger Snake, Western Tiger Snake, Tiger Cat Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus tessellatus (Wall, 1908) – Soosan Tiger Snake 
                                           SpeciesTelescopus tripolitanus (Werner, 1909)  
                                           SpeciesTelescopus variegatus (Reinhardt, 1843) – Variable Cat Snake 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wallach, Van, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Bundy   
  Publication Date: 2014   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snakes of the World: a Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species   
  Page(s): 1209   
  Publisher: CRC Press   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4822-08474   
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