Pseudorabdion longiceps

Pseudorabdion longiceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Calamariinae
Genus: Pseudorabdion
Species: Pseudorabdion longiceps

Name

Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.13, ♂, collected by W.T. Lewis between 1825–1847.
• Type locality: “Great Hill of Pinang”, Malayan Peninsula.

Combinations

• Calamaria longiceps Cantor, 1847: 910 [original combination]
• Oxycalamus longiceps — Günther, 1864: 199 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudorhabdion longiceps — Boulenger, 1885: 389 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cantor, T. 1847. Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and Islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16: 607–656; 897–952; 1026–1078. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Leviton, A.E. & Brown, W.C. 1959. A review of the snakes of the genus Pseudorabdion with remarks on the status of the genera Agryophis and Typhlogeophis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th Series 29(14): 475–508. BHL Reference page. 
• Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, Germany. 512 pp. ISBN 3-931587-12-6 Reference page. 
• Brown, R.M., Leviton, A.E. & Sison, R.V. 1999. Description of a new species of Pseudorabdion from Panay Island, Philippines, with a revised key to the genus. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 7–12. BHL Reference page. 
• Vogel, G., Amarasinghe, A.A.T. & Ineich, I. 2016. Resurrection of Pseudorabdion torquatum (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854), a former synonym of P. longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4121(3): 337–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.8 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudorabdion longiceps. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 October 2022.
• Grismer, L. & Chan-Ard, T. 2012. IUCN: Pseudorabdion longiceps  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192159A2048681. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192159A2048681.en. Accessed on 02 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Cantor's Dwarf Reed Snake

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