Oligodon pulcherrimus WERNER, 1909

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Oligodon pulcherrimus WERNER 1909: 227 Oligodon pulcherrimus: BARBOUR 1912 Oligodon annulifer bipartita DESPAX 1912 Oligodon durheimi BAUMANN 1913 Oligodon pulcherimus (sic): WERNER 1929 Simotes annulifer var. bipartita — WERNER 1929: 139 Oligodon durheimi BAUMANN 1913 Oligodon durheimi — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 373 Oligodon pulcherrimus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 373 Oligodon pulcherrimus — TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010 Oligodon durheimi — TEYNIÉ et al. 2010 Oligodon pulcherrimus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 502
Distribution	Indonesia (endemic to Sumatra) Type locality: Pudang (Padang?), Babongan, W Sumatra, or Ujungpadang, Bakongan, Aceh, Indonesia; Locality of the neotype: “settlement Balinka, approx. 7 km southwest of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia, ca. 1200 m a.s.l. [ca. 0°21’ S 100°19’ E],” collected by A. Michalczyk. durheimi: Indonesia (endemic to Sumatra); Type locality: Batak Mountains, near Tapanuli, N Sumatra, Indonesia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	holotype: lost, was ZMH (destroyed) Neotype: ZMB 70756 (designated by TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010) holotype: NM Bern 1017619 [durheimi]
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Comment	Synonymy mostly after TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010 who also synonymized Oligodon durheimi with P. pulcherrimus.
Etymology	Apparently named after Latin pulcherrimus, superlative of pulcher, pretty; beautiful; handsome.
References	Baumann, E. 1913. Reptilien und Batrachier des Berner Naturhistorischen Museums aus dem Battak-Gebirge von West-Sumatra. Zool. Jb. Syst., Jena, 34: 257-278. - get paper here David,P. & Vogel, G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M. Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - 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 Tillack, Frank 2008. Oligodon rhombifer WERNER, 1924, A JUNIOR SYNONYM OF Oligodon ancorus (GIRARD, 1857) (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE). Russ. J. Herpetol. 15 (2): 122-128 - get paper here Tillack, Frank and Rainer Günther 2010. Revision of the Species of Oligodon from Sumatra and Adjacent Islands, with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Oligodon subcarinatus (Günther, 1872) and Oligodon annulifer (Boulenger, 1893) from Borneo (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 16 (4): 265-294 [2009] - 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. Werner, F. 1929. Übersicht der Gattungen und Arten der Schlangen aus der Familie Colubridae. 3. Teil (Colubrinae). Mit einem Nachtrag zu den übrigen Familien. Zool. Jb. Syst., Jena, 57: 1-196 Werner,F. 1909. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Jahrb. Hamb. wiss. Anst. suppl. 2 (Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamb. 1908) 26: 205-247 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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