Etheridgeum pulchrum (WERNER, 1924)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Sumatra Etheridge Snake |
Synonym | Padangia pulchra WERNER 1924: 54 Etheridgeum pulchrum — WALLACH 1988 (nom. subst.) Etheridgeum pulchrum — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 351 Etheridgeum pulchrum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 290 |
Distribution | Indonesia (endemic to Sumatra)
Type locality: Padang, Sumatra
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NMW 23449, a 143-145 mm (SVL) female (J. Schlid). |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1743 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | The generic name “Padangia” is preoccupied by the molluscan genus Padangia BABOR 1900.
Type species: Padangia pulchra WERNER 1924: 54 is the type species of the genus Etheridgeum WALLACH 1988. |
Etymology | Named after Latin “pulcher” = beautiful, handsome, fine, fair. |
References |
- Espinoza, Robert E. and Kevin de Queiroz 2008. Richard Emmett Etheridge. Copeia 2008, No. 3, 708–717 - get paper here
- Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
- Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here
- TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
- Vyas, Raju 2007. Present conservation scenario of reptile fauna in Gujarat State, India. Indian Forester, Oct 2007: 1381-1394 - 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.
- Wallach,V. 1988. Status and redescription of the genus Padangia Werner, with comparative visceral data on Collorhabdium Smedley and other genera (Serpentes: Colubridae). Amphibia-Reptilia 9: 61-76 - get paper here
- Werner, F. 1924. Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien. l. Teil. Sitzungsb. Ber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Abt. l, 133: 29 - 56 - get paper here
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