Thamnodynastes pallidus

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Thamnodynastes
Species:

Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: NHR. [lost fide Lönnberg (1896: 26), rediscovered as misslabelled as Coluber mycterizans by Andersson (1899: 17), now considered lost fide Bailey, Thomas & Silva (2005: 86)]
• Neotype: ZMUU 292, adult ♂, collector's name and collection dates unknown. [designated by Bailey, Thomas & Silva (2005: 87)]
• Type locality: “Indiis” (in error), neotype without locality.

• Coluber pallidus Linnaeus, 1758: 221 [original combination]
• Thamnodynastes pallidus — Andersson, 1899: 17 [subsequent combination]

• Coluber strigilis Thunberg, 1787: 22 [synonymized by Bailey, Thomas & Silva (2005: 85)]
  • Lectotype: ZMUU 292, adult ♂, collector's name and collection dates unknown. [designated by Bailey, Thomas & Silva (2005: 86)]
  • Type locality: not designated.
  • Paralectotype: ZMUU 154, subadult ♀, same data as lectotype.
• Natrix punctatissima Wagler, 1824: 39, pl. 14
  • Lectotype: ZSM 2043/0, ♂, collected by Spix and Martius expedition to Brazil, between 1817–1820. [designated by Hoogmoed & Gruber (1983: 333)]
  • Type locality: “Bahiae [=Bahia]”, Brazil.

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Thunberg, C.P. 1787. Museum Naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. F. W. Radloff: Upsalla.
• Wagler, J.G. 1824. Serpentum brasiliensium species novae ou Histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l’intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécute par ordre de Sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière, publiée par Jean de Spix, . . ., écrite d’après les notes du voyageur par Jean Wagler. Franc. Seraph. Hubschmann: Monachii. viii + 75 pp. BHL
• Hoogmoed, M.S. & Gruber, U. 1983. Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands). In: Fittkau, E.J. & Tiefenbacher, L. (eds.). Festschrift zu Ehren von Dr. Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix. Spixiana Supplement 9: 319–415. BHL; PDF Reference page. 
• Bailey, J.R.†, Thomas, R.A. & Silva Jr., N.J. 2005. A revision of the South American snake genus Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Tachymenini). I. Two new species of Thamnodynastes from central Brazil and adjacent areas, with a redefinition of and neotype designation for Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758). Phyllomedusa 4(2): 83–101. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i2p83-101 Reference page. 

• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Thamnodynastes pallidus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 August 2020.
• Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Urbina, N., Gonzales, L., Gagliardi, G., Nogueira, C. de C., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2019. IUCN: Thamnodynastes pallidus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T177552A44952409. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T177552A44952409.en

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