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Erpeton tentaculatum LACÉPÈDE, 1800

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Higher TaxaHomalopsidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tentacle Snake
G: Tentakelschlange, Fühlerschlange 
SynonymErpeton tentaculé LACÉPÈDE 1800: 169
Erpeton tentaculatus — SHAW & NODDER 1804: plate 624
Erpeton tentaculatum — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 984
Herpeton tentaculatum — GÜNTHER 1861: 195
Herpeton tentaculatum — COPE 1862: 1
Herpeton tentaculatum — SMITH 1943: 401
Erpeton tentaculus — MURPHY & VORIS 1994 (in error)
Erpeton tentaculatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 350
Erpeton tentaculatum — COX et al. 1998: 38
Erpeton tentaculum — MEHRTENS 1987: 220 (in error)
Erpeton tentaculatum — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Erpeton tentaculatum — MURPHY & VORIS 2014: 19
Erpeton tentaculatum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 284 
DistributionThailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

Type locality: unknown (fide MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997)  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 0022 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Prominent paired rostral appendages make this most easily recognized snake species on the planet.


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CommentHabitat: freshwater (this is a completely aquatic species)

Diet: mostly fish

Type species: Erpeton tentaculatus is the type species of the genus Erpeton LACÉPÈDE 1800. 
References
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  • Duméril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & DUMÉRIL, A. H. A., 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: i-xii + 781-1536 - get paper here
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  • Hahn, Donald E. 1973. Comments on Tentacle Structure and Function in Erpeton tentaculatum (Serpentes: Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 7 (3): 304-306 - get paper here
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