Pseudorabdion albonuchalis (GÜNTHER, 1896)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: White-collared Reed Snake
Synonym	Geophis albonuchalis GÜNTHER 1896: 229 Agrophis albonuchalis — BOULENGER 1897: 222 Xylophis albonuchalis — SHELFORD 1901 Pseudorabdion albonuchalis — LEVITON & BROWN 1959: 496 Pseudorabdion albonuchalis — INGER & LEVITON 1966 Pseudorabdion albonuchalis — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 381 Pseudorabdion albonuchalis — BROWN, LEVITON & SISON 1999 Pseudorabdion albonuchalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 606
Distribution	Indonesia, Malaysia: Borneo/Sabah; Sarawak; Brunei Type locality: Sungai Pesu, 4. Division, Sarawak (designated with neotype)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Neotype: FMNH 151709, designated by Inger & Leviton 1966: 312
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Rostral narrow, distinctly higher than wide; internasals half length of prefrontals; frontal slightly longer than prefrontal, excluded from orbit; prefrontal and supraocular forming dorsal border of eye; nasal divided; a long lori-ocular; five supralabials, third and fourth bordering eye; one postocular; five infralabials; mental touching anterior chin shields; scale rows 15; ventrals 127; anal entire; subcaudals 60; snout-vent length 200 mm., tail 72 mm.; light collar occupying half of parietals and a band of four scales behind parietals. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 835 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after the Latin albus (= “white”) and nuchal, meaning "pertaining to the nape of the neck or spinal cord", a reference to the distinctive white-collared scales at the neck of the species.
References	Brown, Rafe M.; Leviton,A.E. & Sison,R.V. 1999. Description of a new species of Pseudorabdion (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Panay Island, Philippines with a revised key to the genus. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 07-12 - 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 Günther, A. 1896. Descriptions of two new species of snakes from Sarawak. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 17: 228 - 229 - get paper here Inger, R.F. & A. E. LEVITON 1966. The taxonomic status of Bornean snakes of the genus Pseudorabdion JAN and of the nominal genus Idiopholis MOCQUARD. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 34 (4): 307-314 - get paper here Leviton,A. E. & W. C. Brown, 1959. A review of the snakes of the genus Pseudorabdion with remarks on the status of the genera Agryophis and Typhlogeophis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 29: 475-508 - get paper here Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here Stuebing, R.B. & INGER, R.F. 1999. A field guide to the snakes of Borneo. Natural history Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 254 pp. [corrections in HR 31: 124]. - get paper here Stuebing, R.B., Inger, R.F. & Lardner, B. 2014. A field guide to the snakes of Borneo, second edition. Natural history Publications (Borneo) 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 https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/458607509697186 Google images

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