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Alluaudina mocquardi ANGEL, 1939

IUCN Red List - Alluaudina mocquardi - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Pseudoxyrhophiinae, Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAlluaudina mocquardi ANGEL 1939: 536
Alluaudina mocquardi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 330
Alluaudina mocquardi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 24 
DistributionMadagascar

Type locality: "d'une grotte totalement obscure de la Mananjeba (district d'Ambilobe), Nord de Madagascar."  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1939.0053, a 500 mm male (R. Decary, 23 July 1938). However, Angel 1939 mentioned only 1 female specimen. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. We will relaease that material sometime next year. Please contact us if you need any of this data earlier than that. 
CommentFrom its discovery in 1939 to its rediscovery in 1990 only 2 specimens were found.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Francois Mocquard (1834-1917), French herpetologist. 
References
  • Angel,F. 1939. Reptiles et Batrachiens de Madagascar et de Reunion. Description d`un serpent nouveau du genere Alluaudina. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (2) 11: 536-538
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Domergue, C.A. 1984. Notes sur les serpents de la région malgache 5. Le genre Alluaudina Mocquard, 1894. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris 6 (A-2): 537-549
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Rediscovery of the Malagasy colubrid snake Alluaudina mocquardi Angel 1939. Tropical Zoology 3: 219-223 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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