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Psammophis condanarus (MERREM, 1820)

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Higher TaxaPsammophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sand Snake
G: Sandrennnatter 
SynonymColuber condanarus MERREM 1820: 107
Psammophis condanarus — THEOBALD 1868: 43
Phayrea Isabellina THEOBALD 1868: 43 (older manuscript name)
Psammophis condanarus — BOULENGER 1890
Leptophis bellii JERDON 1853 (fide SMITH 1943)
Psammophis indicus BEDDOME 1863: 310 (fide SMITH 1943)
Psammophis condonarus [sic] — JERDON 1865: 417
Psammophis condanarus — FISCHER 1881: 228
Mike elegantissima WERNER 1924: 51 (fide SMITH 1928)
Psammophis condanarus — SMITH 1943: 364
Psammophis condenarus [sic] — TAYLOR 1965: 898
Psammophis condernarus — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 182 (in error)
Taphrometopon condanarum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 694
Psammophis condanurus — SINGH et al. 2021 (in error) 
DistributionN India (incl. Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana), Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos

Type locality: Ganjam District  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 7600 (DAS et al. 1998)
Lectotype: Russell 1796, plate 27 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Taylor 1965: 898


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CommentSynonymy partly after Wallach 1988, Amphibia-Reptilia 9: 62.

PAUWELS et al. (2003) state that P. c. condanarus and P. s. indochinensis can be distinguished by their microdermatoglyphic patterns which is said to be “echinate” in condanarus but “canaliculate” in indochinensis (based on F. Brandstätter’s PhD thesis of 1995).

Distribution: DOWLING & JENNER 1988 list only one species of Psammophis from Myanmar, namely Psammophis condanarus.

Subspecies: Psammophis condanarus indochinensis SMITH 1943 is treated here as valid species.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
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