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Cylindrophis yamdena SMITH & SIDIK, 1998

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Higher TaxaCylindrophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yamdena Pipe Snake 
SynonymCylindrophis yamdena SMITH & SIDIK 1998
Cylindrophis yamdena — DE LANG 2013
Cylindrophis yamdena — WALLACH et al. 2014: 205 
DistributionIndonesia (Yamdena Island)

Type locality: Latdalam, Yamdena Island (7° 59’ S, 131° 09’ E), Tanimbar Archipelago, Indonesia.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R112252 (on loan from MZB) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Distinguished from other Indonesian Cylindrophis with enlarged ventrals as follows: from C. melanotus by having fewer ventrals (179-193 v 224-245); C. opisthorhodus by having fewer midbody scale rows (20 or 21 vs 23) and its larger size (up to 610 mm snout-vent length vs less than 250mm snout-vent length); from C. lineatus by lacking white or black longitudinal dorsal bands and having fewer ventrals (210-215 v 179-193) and from C. r. ruffus by its paler adult coloration (pale orange-brown body without transverse dorsal bars, orange-brown subeaudals) versus a black or dark brown back with paler transverse bars and bright red subcaudals. (Smith & Sidik 1998)


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CommentNot listed in McDIARMID et al. (1999). 
Etymologynamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Amarasinghe AAT, Campbell PD, Hallermann J, Sidik I, Supriatna J, Ineich I. 2015. Two new species of the genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Southeast Asia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9 (1): 34–51
  • Iskandar, Djoko T. and Mumpuni 2002. The herpetological type specimens in the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense Collection. Hamadryad 27 (1):123-135 - get paper here
  • Lang, Ruud de 2013. The snakes of the Moluccas (Maluku), Indonesia. Edition Chimaira, 417 pp. - get paper here
  • Smith, L. A. & I. Sidik, 1998. Description of a new species of Cylindrophis (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae) from Yamdena Island, Tanimbar Archipelago, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46: 419-424 - 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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