Platyceps insulanus (MERTENS, 1965)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sarso Island Racer
Synonym	Coluber insulanus MERTENS 1965 Coluber insulanus —SCHÄTTI & WILSON 1986 Coluber insulanus — GASPERETTI 1988: 215 Platyceps insulanus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 554
Distribution	Saudi Arabia (Sarso Island, Farasan Archipelago, Red Sea) Type locality: "Insel Sarso, Farsan-Archipel, Rotes Meer, SW-Arabien."
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SMF 60027, a 910+ mm male (W. Kost, 26 Nov. 1964).
Diagnosis
Comment	Status unclear. Not mentioned in recent checklists (e.g. Leviton et al. 1992). Not mentioned for Arabia by Egan 2007. Only known from the holotype.
References	Egan, D. 2007. Snakes of Arabia. Motivate Publishing, Dubai, 208 pp. Gasperetti,J. 1988. Snakes of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 9: 169-450 Masseti, Marco 2014. Herpetological enigmas from the Arabian seas, with particular reference to the Sarso Island Racer, Platyceps insulanus Mertens, 1965 (Farasan Archipelago, Saudi Arabia). Pp. 99-116. In: M. Capula and C. Corti (eds.) Scripta Herpetologica: Studies on Amphibians and reptiles in honour of Benedetto Lanza. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina Mertens,R. 1965. Eine neue Natter von einer Insel des roten Meeres. Senckenbergiana biologica 46: 5-9 Schätti B; Wilson L D 1986. Coluber Linnaeus. Holarctic racers. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 399: 1-4 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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