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Pseudorabdion longiceps (CANTOR, 1847)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dwarf Reed Snake, Cantor's Dwarf Reed Snake
G: Binden-Riednatter 
SynonymCalamaria longiceps CANTOR 1847: 910
Oxycalamus longiceps — GÜNTHER 1864
Pseudorhabdion longiceps — BOULENGER 1885
Pseudorhabdium longiceps — BOULENGER 1894
Stenorhabdium temporale WERNER 1909: 60
Pseudorhabdium longiceps — TAYLOR 1922: 178
Pseudorabdion longiceps — SMITH 1930
Pseudorabdion longiceps — GRANDISON 1972: 86
Pseudorabdion longiceps — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 382
Pseudorabdion longiceps — BROWN, LEVITON & SISON 1999
Pseudorabdion longipes [sic] — BROWN, LEVITON & SISON 1999
Pseudorabdion longiceps — DORIA & PETRI 2010
Pseudorabdion longiceps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 606 
DistributionIndonesia (Kalimantan, Borneo, Nias, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra);
Brunei Darussalam;
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia);
Singapore;
S Thailand, Philippine Islands

Type locality: Pinang, Malayan Peninsula.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.13
Holotype: SMNS 3204 [Stenorhabdium temporale WERNER 1909] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (425 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: mainly after DAVID & VOGEL 1996 and VOGEL et al. 2016 who removed Rabdion torquatum DUMÉRIL et al. 1854 from the synonymy of P. longiceps. Kirchhof et al. 2016 synonymized Stenorhabdium temporale (formerly a synonym of Prosymna stuhlmanni, following Loveridge 1958) with Pseudorabdion longiceps.

Distribution: Probably not on Sulawesi (from where it was reported by DE ROOIJ, 1917, Leviton & Brown 1959 and others). DE LANG & VOGEL (2005) and Koch 2012 consider this species as “doubtful” for Sulawesi.

Similar species: P. torquatum. Both species can be distinguished only by meristic characters (see Diagnosis in P. torquatum). 
EtymologyApparently named after the long head (Latin “-ceps), but the head is not longer than in eiselti (Doria & Petri 2010, Table 3). 
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