Sumatranus albomaculata (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)
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Higher Taxa | Homalopsidae, Colubroidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | Sumatran Mud Snake, White-spotted Water Snake |
Synonym | Homalopsis albo-maculatus DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 974 Homalopsis albomaculatus — BLEEKER 1858 Hypsirhina albomaculata — JAN 1863 Enhydris albomaculata — STEJNEGER 1907 Enhydris albomaculata — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 349 Enhydris albomaculata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 270 Sumatranus albomaculata — MURPHY & VORIS 2014: 37 Sumatranus albomaculatus — FABRE et al. 2016 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Java, Nias, Sumatra, Simeulue) Type locality: "les environs de Padani, île de Sumatra." [=Padang, west Sumatera]. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: MNHN C-3452, a 370 mm male (Kunhardt, 1847). |
Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS (genus): Smooth scales in 27 (or possibly 25) rows; nasals in contact; last two or three upper labials horizontally divided; large internasal makes narrow contact with elongated loreal; five of six lower labials contact anterior chin shields (MURPHY & VORIS 2014: 35). |
Comment | Type species: Homalopsis albo-maculatus DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 974 is the type species of the genus Sumatranus MURPHY & VORIS 2014: 37 |
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