Ditypophis vivax GÜNTHER, 1881

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae(Amplorhininae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Günther's Racer
Synonym	Ditypophis vivax GÜNTHER 1881 Ditypophis vivax — RÖSLER & WRANIK 2004 Ditypophis vivax — SINDACO et al. 2014 Ditypophis vivax — WALLACH et al. 2014: 241
Distribution	Socotra, endemic (Yemen) Type locality: Socotra
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.1.4.83 (and possibly additional specimens).
Diagnosis
Comment	Type species: Ditypophis vivax GÜNTHER 1881 is the type species of the genus Ditypophis GÜNTHER 1881. Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013.
References	Corkill, N. L. and Cochrane, J. A. 1966. The snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 62 (3): 475-506 (1965) - get paper here Günther, A. 1881. Descriptions of the amphisbaenians and ophidians collected by Prof. J.B. Balfour in the Island of Socotra. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 461-463 - get paper here O’Shea, M. 2018. The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London, - get paper here Razzetti, Edoardo; ROBERTO SINDACO, CRISTINA GRIECO, FRANCESCA PELLA, UGO ZILIANI, FABIO PUPIN, ELISA RISERVATO, DANIELE PELLITTERI-ROSA, LUCA BUTIKOFER, AHMED SAEED SULEIMAN, BADAR AWADH AL-ASEILY, CATERINA CARUGATI, ELEONORA BONCOMPAGNI & MAURO FAS 2011. Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia). Zootaxa 2826: 1–44 - get paper here Rösler, H. & Wranik, W. 2004. A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20: 505-534 Sindaco, R.; Alberto Venchi & Cristina Grieco 2013. The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic, Volume 2: Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with an Update to Volume 1. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 543 pp. - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotos-illegaler-handel-mit-indischer… http://www.calacademy.org/research/herpetology/myanmar/checklist… http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/Geochelone_platynota/ Google images

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