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Xenochrophis maculatus (EDELING, 1864)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spotted Keelback
G: Gefleckte Fischnatter 
SynonymTropidonotus sundanensis BLEEKER 1857 (nomen nudum)
Tropidonotus sundanensis — BLEEKER 1858
Tropidonotus maculatus EDELING 1864: 203
Tropidonotus sundanensis GÜNTHER 1865: 95
Tropidonotus maculatus — BOULENGER 1893: 260
Natrix maculata — BARBOUR 1912
Natrix maculata — SMEDLEY 1931: 52
Macropophis maculata — MALNATE 1960
Macropophis maculatus — GRANDISON 1978: 293
Macropophis maculatus — TWEEDIE 1983
Xenochrophis maculatus — MALNATE & UNDERWOOD 1988: 195
Xenochrophis maculatus — MALKMUS et al. 2002
Xenochrophis maculatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 798 
DistributionIndonesia (Belitung = Billiton, Natuna Archipelago, Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Borneo);
Brunei Darussalam;
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia);
Singapore (?)

Type locality: "Martapoura, pres de Bandjermasin," Borneo.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RMNH ? (not present in BMNH).
Holotype: RMNH RENA.3953, P. Bleeker 1880 [Tropidonotus sundanensis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentDavid & Vogel (1996) mention Tropidonotus maculatus as a synonym of both Amphiesma petersii and Xenochrophis maculatus. It is not clear to us what the relationship between these species/names is. 
References
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  • Baker, N. 2019. Some snake records from Gunung Arong Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia. SEAVR 2019: 001‐006 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • David, Patrick and Gernot Vogel. 2010. A new species of Natricine snake genus Amphiesma from Borneo (Squamata: Natricidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (2): 121-127 - 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.
  • Edeling, A.C.J. 1865. Recherches sur la faune erpétologique de Bornéo. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., Leiden, 2: 200-204 [1864] - get paper here
  • Figueroa, Alex and Ryan James Robert McCleary. 2013. Xenochrophis maculatus (spotted keelback) diet. Herpetological Review 44 (4): 698-699 - get paper here
  • FIGUEROA, ALEX; MARTYN E.Y. LOW, KELVIN K.P. LIM 2023. Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution. Zootaxa 5287 (1): 001–378 - get paper here
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  • Malnate E V; Underwood G 1988. Australasian natricine snakes of the genus Tropidonophis. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA 140 (1) : 59-201 - get paper here
  • Malnate, Edmond V. 1960. Systematic division and evolution of the colubrid snake genus Natrix, with comments on the subfamily Natricinae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 112 (3): 41-71. - get paper here
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