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Lycodon tessellatus , Jan 1863

Creators

  • 1. Herpetology Division, Institute of Biodiversity Science & Sustainibility, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118 & Research Associate, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 2. Department of Biology and Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, OK 73072 - 7029, USA & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines.
  • 3. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
  • 4. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines.

Description

Lycodon tessellatus, Jan, 1863

Lycodon tessellatus Jan, 1863b:96.— Müller, 1888:288.— Leviton, 1965c:130.— Ota and Ross, 1994:170 et seq.— Lanza, 1999:89, 98.— Ota, 2000:301, figs. 1a–c.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:397.

Ophites tessellatus, Taylor, 1922a:124.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— “ Manila ”, Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: NMW 21708.

REMARKS.— See Remarks under Lycodon capucinus.

Notes

Published as part of Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, pp. 399-568 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 64 (14) on page 440, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B38B5C845CFFEFFFDCFA1CFD78F915

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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.11512589 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF8AF3248475FFC6FFA7FFACFFC3FFBA (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03B38B5C845CFFEFFFDCFA1CFD78F915 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/235037817 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/299690/taxon/03B38B5C845CFFEFFFDCFA1CFD78F915.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMW
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Lycodon
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
NMW 21708
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
, Jan
Species
tessellatus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Lycodon tessellatus , 1863 sec. Leviton, Siler, Weinell & Brown, 2018

References

  • JAN, GEORG. 1863 b. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Archivo Zool. Anat. Fisiol. Modena 2 (2): 213 - 330. [NB: Reprinted in August, 1863 as Prodromo dell'Iconografia Generale degli Ofidi. II. ª Parte. VI. º Gruppo: Coronellidae, pp. (2) + 3 - 120.]
  • LEVITON, ALAN E. 1965 c. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes, VIII. The snakes of the genus Lycodon H. Boie. Philippine Journal of Science 94 (1): 117 - 149, 2 figs.
  • LANZA, BENEDITTO. 1999. A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus (Reptilia Serpentes Colubridae). Tropical Zoology 12: 89 - 104, 3 figs. [NB: Includes a key to identify all species included by Lanza in the genus Lycodon.]
  • OTA, HIDETOSHI. 2000. A long overlooked holotype: taxonomic notes on Lycodon tessellatus Jan 1863 (Squamata Colubridae), with a revised key to Philippine species of the genus. Tropical Zoology 13 (2): 299 - 304.
  • TAYLOR, EDWARD H. 1922 a. The Snakes of the Philippine Islands. Bureau of Science, Manila, Philippines. 312 pp., 32 text-figs., 63 tables, 37 pls.