Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus (GÜNTHER, 1869)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Dendrophis caudolineolatus GÜNTHER 1869: 506 Dendrophis gregorii HALY 1888: 51 Dendrophis caudolineolatus — BOULENGER 1890: 339 Dendrophis caudolineolatus — BOULENGER 1894: 85 Dendrophis caudolineolatus — WALL 1921: 151 Ahaetulla caudolineolata — SMITH 1943: 247 Ahaetulla caudolineolata — TAYLOR 1950: 558 Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 216 |
Distribution | Sri Lanka Type locality: Ceylon |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.23.21, a 610 mm male (B.H. Barnes) and 1858.2.17.19 (Higgins). |
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Comment | Synonymy: SMITH (1943) synonymized D. caudolineolatus with Dendrophis effrenis, now a synonym of D. caudolineatus. Dendrophis effrenis was revalidated by Danushka et al. 2020 though. Distribution: previously considered to occur in India (although Indian records have been assigned to another species, see Danushka et a. 2020). Behavior: diurnal Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018) |
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