Cylindrophis osheai KIECKBUSCH, MADER, KAISER & MECKE, 2018
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Higher Taxa | Cylindrophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: O’Shea’s pipe snake, Boano pipesnake Indonesian: Ular Pipa O’Shea, Ular Pipa Boano G: O’Shea-Walzenschlange, Boano-Walzenschlange |
Synonym | Cylindrophis osheai KIECKBUSCH, MADER, KAISER & MECKE 2018 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Boano, an island off the NW coast of Seram) Type locality: Boano Island, Central Maluku Regency, northern Maluku Province, Indonesia. |
Reproduction | viviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: RMNH 5460 (formerly RMNH 5460.70) (Figs. 1A, 2, 3A, 4, 5A), an adult female, collected in 1865 by natural history collector Dirk Samuel Hoedt (1815–1893). Paratype. RMNH 47930 (formerly RMNH 5460.69) (Fig. 1B), a subadult male with collection data as for holotype. |
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Comment | Types: The original entry in the collection catalogue of the herpetological collection at RMNH lists both specimens (under the registration number 5460) as “Cylindrophis rufus” and indicates that they were later identified as “Cylindrophis melanotus var.” by Dutch zoologist Leo Daniël Brongersma (1907–1994). Known from only 3 specimens. |
Etymology | Named after Mark O’Shea, British herpetologist |
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