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Cyclocorus lineatus (REINHARDT, 1843)

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Higher TaxaCyclocoridae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesCyclocorus lineatus lineatus (REINHARDT 1843)
Cyclocorus lineatus alcalai LEVITON 1967 
Common NamesE: Reinhardt's Lined Snake 
SynonymLycodon lineatus REINHARDT 1843: 241
Cyclocorus lineatus — DUMÉRIL, 1853
Cyclocorus lineatus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 386
Cyclocorus lineatus — BOULENGER 1893: 327
Cyclocorus lineatus — TAYLOR 1917: 359
Cyclocorus lineatus — LEVITON 1967
Cyclocorus lineatus lineatus — MCLEOD et al. 2011
Cyclocorus lineatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 202
Cyclocorus lineatus — WEINELL et al. 2020

Cyclocorus lineatus alcalai LEVITON 1967
Cyclocorus lineatus alcalai — GAULKE 2011: 268
Cyclocorus lineatus alcalai — GAULKE 2013
Cyclocorus lineatus alcalai — SUPSUP et al. 2016
Cyclocorus lineatus alcalai — GAULKE 2019: 55
Cyclocorus lineatus alcalai — MENESES et al. 2022 
DistributionPhilippines (Lubang, Luzon, Mindoro, Polillo)

alcalai: Negros, Cebu, Panay; type locality: ridge on the north side of the Maite River, 5 km west of Valencia.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: ZMUC 60489
Holotype: CAS 101587 [alcalai] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (Cyclocorinae): Members of the Philippine endemic subfamily Cyclocorinae can be distinguished from many members of the Elapoidea by possession of (1) intermediate body size (250–600 mm total length, excepting the unnamed lineage represented here by the specimen KU 337269); (2) 15 or 17 smooth scale rows at midbody; (3) a single row of subcaudals (shared by members of the genera Cyclocorus, Hologerrhum, and the unnamed lineage represented by KU 337269); (4) a distinctively elongate snout, characterized by the presence of enlarged anterior chin shields and an elongate loreal scale (shared by members of Oxyrhabdium and Myersophis); (5) a small number (5–6) of supralabials (Oxyrhabdium, Myersophis, and the unnamed lineage represented by KU 337269); and (6) markedly bulging, dorsally protruding eyes (Oxyrhabdium and Myersophis). 
CommentType species: Lycodon lineatus REINHARDT 1843 is the type species of the genus Cyclocorus DUMÉRIL et al. 1854.

Type genus: Cyclocorus DUMÉRIL 1853: 460 is the type genus of the (sub-) family Cyclocorinae (or Cyclocoridae) Weinell & Brown 2017.

Phylogenetic definition (Cyclocorinae): Cyclocorinae refers to the clade originating in the last common ancestor of Oxyrhabdium leporinum (Günther, 1858), Cyclocorus lineatus (Reinhardt, 1843), the unnamed lineage represented by KU 337269, and all species that descend from that ancestor. It can also be conceived of as the largest crown-clade containing members of the genera Cyclocorus, Hologerrhum, Myersophis, and Oxyrhabdium, and members of the unnamed lineage represented by KU 337269. Note that Zaher et al. 2019 did not retrieve the Cyclocoridae as separate clade

Distribution: see map in LEVITON 1967. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “linea”, meaning stripe or line. 
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