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词条 Oligodon woodmasoni
释义

  1. Etymology

  2. Description

  3. References

  4. Further reading

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| genus = Oligodon
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| authority = (Sclater, 1891)[1]
| synonyms = *Simotes wood-masoni
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  • Oligodon woodmasoni
    {{small|— Wall, 1923}}
  • Oligodon woodmasoni
    {{small|— Wallach et al., 2014}}

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Oligodon woodmasoni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India.

Etymology

The specific name, woodmasoni, is in honor of English zoologist James Wood-Mason.[3]

Description

M.A. Smith reported that the holotype of this species was missing from the ZSI Kolkata collections. The species was rediscovered in 2002 and a new specimen was deposited at the ZSI.[4]

The details of the specimen, ZSI25503 are as follows:

Snout vent length: {{convert|440|mm|in|abbr=on}}. Tail length: {{convert|80|mm|in|abbr=on}}.
Dorsal scale rows: at neck 18; at midbody 17.
Ventrals: 185. Sub caudals: 46.
Supralabials: 6 (4th in contact with the eye). Infralabials: 7.

References

1. ^Sclater WL (1891). "Notes on the Collection of Snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 60: 230-250 + Plate VI. (Simotes wood-masoni, new species, pp. 235-236 + Plate VI, figures 2a-2d).
2. ^"Oligodon woodmasoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Oligodon woodmasoni, p. 289).
4. ^Krishnan S (2003). "The distribution of some reptiles in the Nicobar Islands, India". ANET technical report - May 2003.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Simotes woodmasoni, p. 223).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Oligodon woodmasoni, pp. 218–219, Figure 73).
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5 : Oligodon|Reptiles of India|Endemic fauna of the Nicobar Islands|Taxa named by William Lutley Sclater|Reptiles described in 1891

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