Rhabdophis chrysargos
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Description
Rhabdophis chrysargos (Schlegel, 1837) — Erroneous.
Speckle-bellied Keelback
Singapore records.
Rhabdophis chrysargos — Das, 2010: 340.— Das, 2012a: 123.— Das, 2018: 93.
Remarks. Rhabdophis chrysargos ranges from southern Myanmar east to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and China, and south to Peninsular Malaysia, East Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines (Wallach et al. 2014). Das (2010) first listed Singapore as part of the distribution for R. chrysargos, but we are unsure where he acquired the record from since there are no publications reporting it from Singapore. It may be possible that Das (2010) was referring to Girard’s (1858b) “ Tropidonotus junceus ” specimen, which is a subjective synonym of Rhabdophis chrysargos (Wallach et al. 2014). The specimen catalogued as USNM 5541 has since been reidentified as X. trianguligerus. However, in reading Girard’s (1858b) description and examining his illustration (Girard 1858b) and the specimen (USNM 5541), we find the specimen is indeed H. petersii.
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
Family Elapidae H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 (2 species)
Genus Hydrophis Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 (2 species)
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Schlegel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Natricidae
- Genus
- Rhabdophis
- Species
- chrysargos
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rhabdophis chrysargos (Schlegel, 1837) sec. Figueroa, Low & Lim, 2023
References
- Das, I. (2010) A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand and South-East Asia. New Holland, London, 376 pp.
- Das, I. (2012 a) A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, 160 pp.
- Das, I. (2018) A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Southeast Asia. 2 nd Edition. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, 176 pp.
- Girard, C. (1858 b) United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. XX. Herpetology. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and Company, xvii + 496 pp., 32 pls.