Kualatahan pahangensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Kualatahan
Species: Kualatahan pahangensis

Name

Kualatahan pahangensis (Tweedie, 1946)

Holotype: BMNH 1947.1.1.70, juvenile ♂, collected by M.W.F. Tweedie on April 1940.

Type locality: “Kuala Tahan, River Tembeling, Pahang, between 500 and 1,000 feet altitude, and over 70 miles from the east coast of the Malay Peninsula”.

Combinations

Enhydris pahangensis Tweedie, 1946: 142 [original combination]
Kualatahan pahangensis — Murphy & Voris, 2014: 27 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Tweedie, M.W.F. 1946. A new snake from the Malay Peninsula. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 11, 13(98): 142–144. DOI: 10.1080/00222934608654536
Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Kualatahan pahangensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris pahangensis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176690A7284531. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176690A7284531.en

Vernacular names

English: Pahang Mud Snake