Argyrogena vittacaudata (BLYTH, 1854)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Coluber vittacaudatus BLYTH 1854: 655 Coluber vittacaudatus — DAS et al. 1998 Coluber vittacaudatus — DAS 2003 Argyrogena vittacaudata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 54
Distribution	India (Darjeeling, West Bengal) Type locality: from "vicinity of Darjiling" (= Darjeeling, 27° 02'N; 88° 16'E; West Bengal State, eastern India). Known only from the type locality.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: lost (fide Das et al., 1998)
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after “vittacaudatus” = Latin for striped tail.
References	Blyth,E. 1854. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 [1853]: 639-655 - get paper here Das, Indraneil 2003. Growth of Knowledge on the Reptiles of India, with an Introduction to Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 100 (2-3): 446-502 - get paper here Das, INDRANEIL, BASUDEB DATTAGUPTA and NEMAI CHARAN GAYEN. 1998. History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India. J. south Asian nat. Hist. 3 (2): 121-172 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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