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Parapistocalamus hedigeri ROUX, 1934

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Higher TaxaElapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bougainville or Hediger’s coral snake 
SynonymParapistocalamus hedigeri ROUX 1934: 77
Parapistocalamus hedigeri — MCCOY 2000
Parapistocalamus hedigeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 532 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Bougainville Isd.), Solomon Islands [McCoy 2000]

Type locality: Buin, s. Bougainville Island, N Solomons Province  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: NMBA 11967 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus Parapistocalamus): “Maxillaire s'étendant en avant aussi loin que le palatin, portant seulement 2 dents à sillon antérieur. Dents mandibulaires petites. Tête non distincte du cou. Oeil plus petit que sa distance à la fente buccale, avec pupille ronde. Narine percée entre 2 nasales. Une seule préoculaire, en contact avec 12 nasale postérieure; une postoculaire. Corps cylindrique, écailles lisses en 15 séries longitudinales. Ventrales arrondies latéralement. Anale non divisée. Queue plutôt. courte, subcaudales paires.” (Roux 1934: 77)


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CommentEndemic to Bougainville (O’Shea, pers. comm.).

Habitat: terrestrial (Ineich 2009)

Venomous!

Type species: Parapistocalamus hedigeri ROUX 1934 is the type species of the genus Parapistocalamus ROUX 1934. 
EtymologyNamed after Heini Hediger (1908-1992), Swiss zoologist. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Ineich, I. 2009. The terrestrial herpetofauna of Torres and Banks Groups (northern Vanuatu), with report of a new species for Vanuatu. Zootaxa 2198: 1-15 - get paper here
  • McCoy, M. 2000. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. ZooGraphics, Kuranda (Australia), CD-ROM.
  • McCoy, M. 2006. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 pp.
  • McCoy, M. 2015. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Michael McCoy, Kuranda - get paper here
  • O’Shea,M. 1996. A Guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea. Independent Publishing, Port Moresby, xii + 239 pp. - get paper here
  • Roux, J. 1934. Contribution à la connaissance de la faune erpétologique des îles Salomon. [in 3 parts]. Verh. naturg. Ges. Basel, 45: 77-81
  • Strickland, J. L., Carter, S., Kraus, F. and Parkinson, C. L. 2016. Snake evolution in Melanesia: origin of the Hydrophiinae (Serpentes, Elapidae), and the evolutionary history of the enigmatic New Guinean elapid Toxicocalamus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.doi: 10.1111/zoj.12423 - 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.
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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