Lycodon travancoricus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: Lycodon travancoricus
Name
Lycodon travancoricus (Beddome, 1870)
- Syntypes (n=2): BMNH 1946.1.13.75, ♂, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1870; location of other syntype unknown.
- Type locality: “Travancore hills, Attraymallay, 5,000 feet elevation”.
Combinations
- Cercaspis travancoricus Beddome, 1870: 169 [original combination]
- Lycodon travancoricus – Boulenger, 1890: 293 [subsequent combination]
- Ophites travancoricus – Wall, 1923 [subsequent combination]
- Lycodon aulicus travancoricus — Constable, 1940 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
- Lycodon travancoricus — Smith, 1943: 259 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
References
Primary references
- Beddome, R.H. 1870. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 2: 169–176. Reference page.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF
Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lycodon travancoricus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 November 2022.
- Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. IUCN: Lycodon travancoricus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172643A1357787. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172643A1357787.en. Accessed on 18 November 2022.
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