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Rhinophis punctatus MÜLLER, 1832

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Higher TaxaUropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Müller's Earth Snake 
SynonymRhinophis punctatus MÜLLER 1832: 249
Rhinophis punctatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 157
Rhinophis punctatus — BEDDOME 1886: 6
Rhinophis punctatus — BOULENGER 1893: 141
Rhinophis punctatus — WALL 1921: 33
Rhinophis punctatus — SMITH 1943: 92
Rhinophis punctatus — GANS 1966
Rhinophis punctatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 140
Rhinophis punctatus — KARUNARATHNA & AMARASINGHE 2011
Rhinophis punctatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 651 
DistributionSri Lanka

Type locality: "Guiana".  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesType: Lost (fide GANS 1966) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (404 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentGANS (1966) listed porrectus and punctatus as synonyms. 
EtymologyProbably named after the pucntate pattern, visible on each scale with a black spot. 
References
  • Beddome, R.H. 1886. An account of the earth snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 17: 3-33. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Gans, C. 1966. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Uropeltidae. Das Tierreich Lfg. 84, 29 pp.
  • Jan, G. 1865. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 9. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris [1864] - get paper here
  • Karunarathna, Suranjan D. M. S. and A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe 2011. A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE REPTILE FAUNA IN NILGALA FOREST AND ITS VICINITY, MONARAGALA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA. Taprobanica 3 (2): 69-76 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Müller, JOHANN 1832. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Naturgeschichte der Amphibien. . . . 7. Über die Schlangen mit einem Hornschild am Körperende, gen. Rhinophis und Uropeltis. In TIEDEMANN & TREVIARNUS. Z. Physiol., Heidelberg, Leipzig, art. 19, 4 (2):190-275. - get paper here
  • Pyron R. A., Ganesh S. R., Sayyed A., Sharma V., Wallach V. & Somaweera R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). [type catalogue] Zoosystema 38 (4): 453-506 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Wall, FRANK 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages - 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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