Trachischium fuscum

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Trachischium
Species: Trachischium fuscum

Name

Trachischium fuscum (Blyth, 1854)

• Lectotype: ZSI 7044, adult ♂. [designated by Talukdar, Sanyal & Duttagupta (1980: 94)]
• Type locality: “Darjiling [=Darjeeling]”, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India.
• Paralectotypes (10): ZSI 7043, 7045-53; same locality as type. [designated by Talukdar, Sanyal & Duttagupta (1980: 94)]

Combinations

• Calamaria fusca Bltyh, 1854: 288 [original combination]
• Trachischium fuscum — Günther, 1860: 161 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Trachischium rugosum Günther, 1858: 30
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.12.40, presented by J. Hooker.
  • Type locality: “Sikkim Himalaya”.

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. 1854. Notes and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 23: 287–302. BHL
• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Günther, A. 1860. Contribution to a knowledge of the reptiles of the Himalaya mountains. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 148–175. BHL
• Talukdar, S.K., Sanyal, D.P. & Duttagupta, B. 1980. Redescription of and lectotype designation for Calamaris fusca Blyth, 1854 [Serpentes: Colubridae]. Bulletin of Zoological Survey of India 3(1-2): 93–95.

Additional references

• Raha, S., Das, S., Bag, P., Debnath, S. & Pramanick, K. 2018. Description of a new species of genus Trachischium with a redescription of Trachischium fuscum (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae). Zootaxa 4370(5): 549–561. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trachischium fuscum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 June 2018.
• Ghosh, A. & Limbu, K.P. 2022. IUCN: Trachischium fuscum  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2021 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T127915299A219117622. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T127915299A219117622.en. Accessed on 02 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake