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Lycodon davisonii (BLANFORD, 1878)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blanford's Bridal Snake (Bridle Snake)
G: Nördliche Zügelnatter 
SynonymUlupe davisoni BLANFORD 1878: 129
Hydrophobus davisonii — BOULENGER 1890
Dryocalamus davisonii — BOULENGER 1893: 372
Dryocalamus davisonii — SMITH 1943: 274
Dryocalamus davisonii — COX et al. 1998: 64
Dryocalamus davisoni — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 162
Dryocalamus davisonii — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Dryocalamus davisonii — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Dryocalamus davisonii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 248
Dryocalamus cf. davisonii — WANGYAL 2014
Lycodon davisonii — FIGUEROA et al. 2016
Dryocalamus davisonii — ZAHER et al. 2019
Dryocalamus davisonii — WICKRAMASINGHE et al. 2020 
DistributionMyanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam (Quang Binh, up to Quang Tri, Thanh Hoa), Laos, Bhutan

Type locality: “at the foot of Nawlabú Hill, east of Tavoy, in evergreen forest, at an elevation of about 1,500 feet”, “provincia Tenasserim Burmania, hard procul ab urbe Tavoy” fide Blanford 1878)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI, collected by “Mr. Davison”. Holotype cannot be located at present (Das et al. 1998) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3530 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: WALL (1909) thought that the Hydrophobus davisonii of SCLATER is actually Dryocalamus gracilis.

Distribution: reports from China are probably in error. Smith (1943), for instance, mentions “Cochin China”, a name used by the French for the southernmost part of Vietnam.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after William Ruxton Davison (d. 1893), an ornithologist and curator, Raffles Museum, Singapore (1887-1893). 
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