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Opisthotropis typica Photo

  • 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

Opisthotropis typica (Mocquard, 1890a)

Photo figure 64–65

Sabah Keelback Snake

Helicopsoides typicus Mocquard, 1890:154.

Opisthotropis typica, Brown (WC) and Leviton, 1961:2, 4.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:500.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo. Holotype: MNHN 1889.216.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 29B [p. 140]).— Palawan (Brooke’s Point).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— East Malaysia (Sabah [Mt. Kina Balu {also as Kinabalu}]).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.

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 444, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Opisthotropis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Photo
Species
typica
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Opisthotropis typica (Mocquard, 1890) sec. Leviton, Siler, Weinell & Brown, 2018