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Gongylosoma longicaudus (PETERS, 1871)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peters' Smooth Snake, Long-tailed Ringneck
G: Langschwanz-Halsbandnatter 
SynonymAblabes longicaudus PETERS 1871: 574
Ablabes longicauda — BOULENGER 1894
Liopeltis longicaudus — BARBOUR 1912
Gongylosoma longicauda — SMITH 1925
Gongylosoma longicauda — SMITH 1930
Ablabes quinquestriatus MÜLLER 1878
Ablabes quinquestriatus — MÜLLER 1882
Diadophis bipunctatus LIDTH DE JEUDE 1890: 184
Diadophis bipunctatus — WERNER 1900
Gongylosoma [longicauda] — LEVITON 1964
Liopeltis longicauda — GRANDISON 1972: 85
Liopeltis longicauda — GRANDISON 1978: 288
Liopeltis longicauda — TWEEDIE 1983
Liopeltis longicauda — MURPHY et al. 1994
Gongylosoma longicauda — DAVID & VOGEL 1996
Liopeltis longicaudus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 361
Gongylosoma longicauda — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 33
Gongylosoma longicaudum — MALKMUS et al. 2002
Gongylosoma longicaudum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 313
Gongylosoma longicauda — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015
Gongylosoma longicauda — DE LANG 2017
Gonglyosoma longicauda — SYAFIQ et al. 2023 (in error) 
DistributionIndonesia (Java, Sumatra); Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak)
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia), Thailand (CHAN-ARD et al. 2015, Pauwels & Grismer 2016)

Type locality: “Sarawak”  
Reproduction 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 7142, MSNG 30385 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentIllustration: in CHAN-ARD et al. 2015, although the drawings of Gongylosoma longicauda and Liopeltis tricolor have been mixed up (fide PAUWELS & GRISMER 2015). 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin longus (long) plus cauda (tail), referring to the long tail of the species. Kraus & Fortson 2024 argue that it should remain -caudus as the original description used it as an adjective. 
References
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144
  • David,P. & Vogel, G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M.
  • Grandison, A. G. C. 1978. Snakes of West Malaysia and Singapore. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 81 [1977]: 283-303 - get paper here
  • Grandison, A.G.C. 1972. The Gunong Benom Expedition 1967. 5. Reptiles and amphibians of Gunong Benom with a description of a new species of Macrocalamus. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), London, 23: 45-101. - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L.; Indraneil Das, and Tzi Ming Leong 2003. A NEW SPECIES OF GONGYLOSOMA (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM PULAU TIOMAN, WEST MALAYSIA. Herpetologica 59 (4): 565-572 - get paper here
  • Kraus, F. & Fortson IV, B.W. 2024. Some Considerations Regarding Nomenclatural Applications of Noun-based Names in Herpetological Taxonomy. Herpetological Review 55 (1): 30–31
  • Lang, Ruud de 2017. The Snakes of Java, Bali and Surrounding Islands. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 435 pp. - get paper here
  • Lidth DE JEUDE, T.W. VAN 1890. Reptilia from the Malay Archipelago. Il. Ophidia. ln: M. WEBER: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Leiden (E. J. Brill), 1 (2): 178-192. - get paper here
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  • Murphy, J. C.; Voris, H. K.; Karns, D. R. 1994. A field guide and key to the snakes of the Danum Valley, A bornean tropical rainforest ecosystem. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 29: 133-151
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  • Pauwels, Olivier S. G.; L. Lee Grismer 2016. First Documented Record of the Long-Tailed Ringneck Gongylosoma longicauda (Squamata: Colubridae) in Thailand. Russ. J. Herpetol. 23 (3): 239-242 - get paper here
  • Peters, W. 1871. Uber neue Reptilien aus Ostafrika und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin [1871]: 566-581 - get paper here
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