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Xylophis perroteti (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaPareidae (Xylophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Perrotet's Mountain Snake, Striped Narrow-headed Snake, Perrotet's Dwarf Snake 
SynonymPlatypteryx Perroteti DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 501
Rhabdosoma microcephalum GÜNTHER 1858: 12 (fide SMITH 1943)
Rhabdosoma microcephalum —BEDDOME 1863: 306
Geophis microcephalus — GÜNTHER 1864: 200 (fide SMITH 1943)
Platypteryx perroteti — JERDON 1865: 417
Platypteryx Perroteti — JAN 1865
Geophis perroteti — ANDERSON 1871: 33
Xylophis perroteti — BOULENGER 1890: 283
Xylophis perroteti — BOETTGER 1892: 79
Xylophis perroteti — BOULENGER 1893: 304
Xylophis perroteti — WALL 1919: 564
Xylophis perroteti — SMITH 1943: 342
Xylophis perroteti — DAS 1996: 60
Xylophis perroteti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 804 
DistributionIndia (Western Ghats, Kerala), elevations above 1500 m  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7300; note that BMNH 1946.1.12.38 is also labelled as type
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.12.38, female [microcephalum] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Gustave Samuel Perrotet (1793-1867), an explorer and collector. He was the naturalist (1819) on board the Rhône. 
References
  • Beddome, RICHARD HENRY 1863. Further notes upon the snakes of the Madras Presidency; with descriptions of new species. Madras Quart. J. Med. Sci., 6: 41-48 [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 306-314, 1940]
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boettger, O. 1892. Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurchen aus dem tropischen Asien und aus Papuasien. Ber. Tät. Offenb. Ver. Nat., Offenbach, 29 - 32: 65 - 164 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
  • Deepak, V.; Sara Ruane & David J. Gower 2018. A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Journal of Natural History, 52:45-46, 2919-2934, DOI: 10.1080/00222933. - get paper here
  • DEEPAK, V.; SURYA NARAYANAN, SANDEEP DAS, K.P. RAJKUMAR, P.S. EASA, K.A. SREEJITH, DAVID J. GOWER 2020. Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4755 (2): 231–250 - get paper here
  • Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S. - get paper here
  • Ganesh, S.R.; S. Bhupathy, P. Karthik, G. Babu Rao & S. Babu 2020. Catalogue of herpetological specimens from peninsular India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), India. JoTT 12 (9): 16123–16135 - get paper here
  • Gower, D.J. & Winkler 2007. Taxonomy of The IndIan snake Xylophis Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 31 (2): 315-329 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281 - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1865. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 12. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • Jerdon,T.C. 1865. Remarks on observations contained in Dr. Günther’s work on the reptiles of British India. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 15: 416-418 - get paper here
  • Palot, M.J. 2015. A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8010–8022 - get paper here
  • Santhoshkumar, Palanisamy; Perumal Kannan 2017. Impacts of Roads on the Mortality of Endemic Striped Narrow Headed Snake Xylophis perroteti (Family: Xenodermatidae) in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. Russ. J. Herpetol. 24 (2): 87-90 - get paper here
  • Santhoshkumar, P. & P. Kannan 2017. Striped Narrow-headed Snake - Diet of the endemic Xylophis perroteti in Nilgiris. Zoo’s Print 32 (5): 22-23 - get paper here
  • Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Wall,F. 1919. Notes on a collection of Snakes made in the Nilgiri Hills and the adjacent Wynaad. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 26: 552-584 - 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.
 
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