Pseudorabdion ater (TAYLOR, 1922)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Zamboanga Burrowing Snake |
Synonym | Typhlogeophis ater TAYLOR 1922: 202 Pseudorabdion ater — LEVITON & BROWN 1959 Pseudorabdion ater — BROWN, LEVITON & SISON 1999 Pseudorabdion atrum — DORIA & PETRI 2010 Pseudorabdion ater — WALLACH et al. 2014: 606 |
Distribution | Philippines (Mindanao)
Type locality: Type loc. Near Pasananka, Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. I.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: CAS 62043 |
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Etymology | Named after its color, Latin “ater, atra, atrum” = dark or black. |
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, Alan E.; Cameron D. Siler, Jeffrey L. Weinell, and Rafe M. Brown 2018. Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 64 (14): 399-568 - 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
- Taylor, E.H. 1922. The snakes of the Philippine Islands. Manila (Bureau of Printing or Science), Monograph 16: 312 pp. - get paper here
- Taylor, E.H. 1944. Present location of certain herpetological and other type specimens. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 30 (1): 117-187. - get paper here
- Taylor,E.H. 1922. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, I. Philippine Journal of Science 21: 161-206 - 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.
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