NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Emily’s Burrowing Snake
Achalinus emilyae Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen & Le, 2019
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Achalinus emilyae Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen & Le, 2019
- Name authority
- Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen & Le, 2019
- Common name
- Emily’s Burrowing Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Xenodermidae
- Genus
- Achalinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyXenodermidae
- genusAchalinus
- speciesAchalinus emilyae Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen & Le, 2019
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Achalinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Julian’s Burrowing SnakeAchalinus juliani Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen & Le, 2019 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trang An Burrowing SnakeAchalinus tranganensis Luu, Ziegler, Ha, Lo, Hoang, Ngo, Le, Tran & Nguyen, 2020 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panzhihua Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus panzhihuaensis Hou, Wang, Guo, Chen, Yuan & Che, 2021 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dehua odd–scaled snakeAchalinus dehuaensis Li, Wu, Xu, Zhu, Ren, Guo & Dong, 2021 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Huang’s Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus huangjietangi Huang, Peng & Huang, 2021 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bourret's Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus ater Bourret, 1937 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Formosa Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus formosanus Boulenger, 1908 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hainan Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus hainanus Huang, 1975 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zong's Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus jinggangensis (Zong & Ma, 1983) | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Szechwan Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus meiguensis Hu & Zhao, 1966 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Odd-scaled SnakeAchalinus niger Maki, 1931 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japanese odd-scaled snakeAchalinus spinalis Peters, 1869 | XenodermidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- ZIEGLER, THOMAS; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, CUONG THE PHAM, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, ANH VAN PHAM, MONA VAN SCHINGEN, THAM THI NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE. (2019). Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590 (2): 249-269. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8GNVF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.