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Oligodon praefrontalis WERNER, 1913

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymOligodon praefrontalis WERNER 1913: 25
Oligodon praefrontalis — DE ROOIJ 1917: 132
Oligodon praefrontalis incertae sedis —TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010
Oligodon praefrontalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 502 
DistributionIndonesia (Pulau We, off the north of Sumatra)

Type locality: Sabang, Weh, Indonesia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, was ZMH 
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CommentSynonymy mostly after TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010 who call this species “incertae sedis”. 
EtymologyThe species epithet, praefrontalis, comes from Latin (prae- "before, ahead" + frons "forehead, brow, front" + -ālis "pertaining to") meaning "ahead of frontal". Its reference is the special prefronal scale that is "fused with the loreal on the same side," as one important diagnosis key for the species. 
References
  • DAVID, PATRICK & GERNOT VOGEL 2012. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3201: 58–68 - get paper here
  • TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
  • Tillack, Frank and Rainer Günther 2010. Revision of the Species of Oligodon from Sumatra and Adjacent Islands, with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Oligodon subcarinatus (Günther, 1872) and Oligodon annulifer (Boulenger, 1893) from Borneo (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 16 (4): 265-294 [2009] - 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.
  • Werner, F. 1913. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika-Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911/12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa. [these are 3 separate reports in one long article] Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst., 30 [1912], 2. Beiheft: 1-39, 40-45, 45-51 - get paper here
 
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