Pseudorabdion montanum LEVITON & BROWN, 1959
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Mountain Burrowing Snake |
Synonym | Pseudorabdion montanum LEVITON & BROWN 1959 Pseudorabdion montanum — BROWN, LEVITON & SISON 1999 Pseudorabdion montanum — DORIA & PETRI 2010 Pseudorabdion montanum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 607 |
Distribution | Philippines (Negros)
Type locality: “north side of the north peak of Cuernos de Negros, Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island.”
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: CAS-SUR 21080 (= Stanford University Reptile Register), adult female, collected by W. C. Brown, M. Pinero, and T. Serate, April 22, 1958. |
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Etymology | Named after Latin “montanus”, meaning “pertaining to mountains. |
References |
- Brown, Rafe M.; Leviton,A.E. & Sison,R.V. 1999. Description of a new species of Pseudorabdion (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Panay Island, Philippines with a revised key to the genus. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 07-12 - get paper here
- Doria, G. & Petri, M. 2010. PSEUDORABDION IN THE MUSEUM OF GENOVA WITH DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES FROM SUMATRA AND A REVISED KEY TO THE GENUS. Annali del Museo Civico di storia naturale “G. Doria” 102: 187-201
- Inger, R.F. & A. E. LEVITON 1961. A new colubrid snake of the genus Pseudorabdion from Sumatra. Fieldiana Zoology 44 (5): 45-47 - get paper here
- Leviton,A. E. & W. C. Brown, 1959. A review of the snakes of the genus Pseudorabdion with remarks on the status of the genera Agryophis and Typhlogeophis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 29: 475-508 - 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.
- Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Errol Hooper, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 66 (1): 1-49 - get paper here
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