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Liopeltis stoliczkae (SCLATER, 1891)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAblabes stoliczkae SCLATER 1891: 234
Liopeltis stoliczkae — WALL 1924: 864
Liopeltis stoliczkae — SMITH 1943: 184
Liopeltis stoliczkae — DAS 1996: 57
Liopeltis stoliczkae — STUART et al. 2006
Liopeltis stoliczkae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 386 
DistributionIndia (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Nagaland), Myanmar (= Burma),
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand (Tak, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Phrae, Phetchabun, Loei)

Type locality: “Samagooting in the Naga hills of Assam”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntype: ZSI 3955; Indian Museum, Calcutta 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (704 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentAbundance: Rare. Smith 1943 mentions that only 5 specimens are known.

Distribution: Not in Assam fide Basfore et al. 2024. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838-1874), a paleontologist and zoologist born in Moravia (Czech Republic). 
References
  • Ao J. M., David P., Bordoloi S., Ohler A. 2004. Notes on a collection of snakes from Nagaland, Northeast India, with 19 new records for this state. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11 (2): 155 – 162
  • Basfore, B., Kalita, M. J., Sharma, N., & Boro, A. R. 2024. An updated checklist of snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) in northeastern India derived from a review of recent literature. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(11), 26131-26149 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • Hauser, Sjon 2019. ADDITION OF LIOPELTIS STOLICZKAE (SCLATER, 1891) (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) TO THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THAILAND, WITH NOTES ON ITS DISTRIBUTION AND NATURAL HISTORY. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 63(2): 127–140 - get paper here
  • Lalremsanga, H.T.; Saipari Sailo and Chinliansiama 2011. Diversity of Snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) and Role of Environmental Factors in Their Distribution in Mizoram, Northeast India. Advances in Environmental Chemistry - get paper here
  • Poyarkov Jr, Nikolay A.; Tan Van Nguyen & Gernot Vogel 2019. A new species of the genus Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 from Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae). Journal of Natural History, 53:27-28, 1647-1672 - get paper here
  • Sclater,W.L. 1891. Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230-250 - get paper here
  • Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • 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.
  • Stuart, B.; Sok, K. & Neang, T. 2006. A collection of amphibians and reptiles from hilly Eastern Cambodia. Raffles Bull. Zool. 54 (1): 129-155 - get paper here
  • Stuart, B.L. & Heatwole, H. 2008. Country records of snakes from Laos. Hamadryad 33: 97–106 - get paper here
  • Wall,F. 1924. A Hand-list of the Snakes of the Indian Empire. Part 3. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29: 864-878 - 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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