Anguiculus rappii

Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Anguiculus
Species:
Name
Anguiculus rappii (Günther, 1860)
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.5.61.
- Type locality: “Sikkim (5340 feet above the level of the sea)”.
Combinations
- Ablabes rappii Günther, 1860: 154 [original combination]
- Liopeltis rappi — Wall, 1924: 865 [subsequent combination]
- Anguiculus rappii — Mirza et al., 2024: 5 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
- Ablabes owenii Günther, 1860: 155 [synonymised by Smith (1943)]
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.5.56.
- Type locality: “Sikkim”.
References
Primary references
- Günther, A. 1860. Contribution to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Himalaya mountains. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28(1): 148–175. 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. - Mirza, Z.A., Bhardwaj, V.K., Pal, S., Lalremsanga, H.T., Vogel, G., Campbell, P.D. & Patel, H. 2024. Phylogeny and systematics of the colubrid snake genera Liopeltis and Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) and description of a new Himalayan endemic genus and species. Scientific Reports 14(1): 24743. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-74271-1
Reference page.
Vernacular names
- English: Rapp's Reed Snake