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Xenochrophis maculatus (EDELING, 1864)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spotted Keelback
G: Gefleckte Fischnatter 
SynonymTropidonotus sundanensis BLEEKER 1857 (nomen nudum)
Tropidonotus sundanensis — BLEEKER 1858
Tropidonotus maculatus EDELING 1864: 203
Tropidonotus sundanensis GÜNTHER 1865: 95
Tropidonotus maculatus — BOULENGER 1893: 260
Natrix maculata — BARBOUR 1912
Natrix maculata — SMEDLEY 1931: 52
Macropophis maculata — MALNATE 1960
Macropophis maculatus — GRANDISON 1978: 293
Macropophis maculatus — TWEEDIE 1983
Xenochrophis maculatus — MALNATE & UNDERWOOD 1988: 195
Xenochrophis maculatus — MALKMUS et al. 2002
Xenochrophis maculatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 798 
DistributionIndonesia (Belitung = Billiton, Natuna Archipelago, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Borneo);
Brunei Darussalam;
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia);
Singapore (?)

Type locality: "Martapoura, pres de Bandjermasin," Borneo.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RMNH ? (not present in BMNH).
Holotype: RMNH RENA.3953, P. Bleeker 1880 [Tropidonotus sundanensis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentDavid & Vogel (1996) mention Tropidonotus maculatus as a synonym of both Amphiesma petersii and Xenochrophis maculatus. It is not clear to us what the relationship between these species/names is. 
References
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