Elapoidis fusca (BOIE, 1827)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, incertae sedis, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Elapodis fusca H. BOIE in F. BOIE 1826 (nomen nudum) Elapodis fuscus SCHLEGEL 1826 (nomen nudum) Elapoidis fusca H. BOIE in F. BOIE 1827: 519 Elapoïdis fuscus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 123 Elapoidis fuscus — GÜNTHER 1858 Elapoides fuscus — JAN 1862 (unjustified emendation) Calamaria elapoides SCHLEGEL 1837: 44 Elapoides fuscus — BOULENGER 1893: 307 Elapoides fusca — KOPSTEIN 1938 Elapoides fuscus — SHINE 1994 Elapoidis fusca — DAVID & VOGEL 1996: 86 Elapoidis fusca — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 347 Elapoidis fuscus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 264 |
Distribution | Indonesia (Java) Type locality: Java |
Reproduction | oviparous. |
Types | Syntypes: RMNH RENA 10427 (H. Boie and Macklot fide Haas, 1950: 559, or H. Kuhl and C.J. von Hassett fide Schlegel, 1837: 44, Dec. 1820-Sept. 1821/1823). |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): The genus is characterized by (1) a small size, (2) body cylindrical, slender with keeled dorsal scales in 15 rows without apical pits, (3) head hardly distinct from neck, (4) tail long, (5) ventrals oblique, (6) subcaudals paired, (7) anal shield single, (8) small, equal maxillary teeth, (9) eyes small, pupils round, (10) nostrils large piercing the middle between two nasal, and (11) preocu- lar missing, loreal shield and prefrontal shield touching the eye (Vogel et al. 2018). |
Comment | Synonymy: Elapoidis sumatrana was resurrected from synonymy with E. fusca by Vogel et al. 2018. Distribution: no confirmed records from Borneo despite reports from there. Not listed in STUEBING & INGER 1999. Type species: Elapoidis fusca H. BOIE in F. BOIE 1827 is the type species of the genus Elapoidis H. BOIE in F. BOIE 1827. Two color morphs can be distinguished among specimens of E. fusca from Java. Most specimens are uniformly dark brown to dark gray. Some specimens are dark brown with small yellow spots (Form B according to Boulenger 1893), giving a somehow marbeled look. |
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