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Species of snake

Dull bamboo snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pseudoxenodon
Species: P. inornatus
Binomial name
Pseudoxenodon inornatus
(F. Boie, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Xenodon inornatus
    F. Boie, 1827
  • Pseudoxenodon inornatus
    — Boulenger, 1893

The dull bamboo snake (Pseudoxenodon inornatus), also known commonly as the Javanese false cobra, is a species of snake in the subfamily Pseudoxenodontidae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia. There are three recognized subspecies.

Habitat

P. inornatus lives in bamboo and wet montane forests.

Description

P. inornatus may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 40 cm (16 in), plus a tail length of 7 cm (2.8 in). Its dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows. It can spread its neck similar to a cobra.

Reproduction

P. inornatus is oviparous.

Subspecies

The following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.

  • Pseudoxenodon inornatus inornatus (F. Boie, 1827)
  • Pseudoxenodon inornatus buettikoferi Brongersma & Helle, 1951
  • Pseudoxenodon inornatus jacobsonii Lidth De Jeude, 1922

Etymology

The subspecific name, jacobsonii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944).

References

  1. ^ Vogel, G.; Iskandar, D.; Das, I.; Inger, R.F. (2012). "Pseudoxenodon inornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T177511A1490612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177511A1490612.en. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ Pseudoxenodon inornatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 December 2021.
  3. ^ Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus, new combination, p. 272).
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus jacobsoni , p. 132).

Further reading

  • Boie F (1827). "Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuchs eines Systems der Amphibien. 1te Lieferung : Ophidier ". Isis von Oken 20: 508–566. (Xenodon inornatus, new species, p. 541). (in German and Latin).
  • Brongersma LD, Helle W (1951). "Notes on Indo-Australian snakes I." Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C, Biological and Medical Sciences 54: 3–10. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus büttikoferi, new subspecies).
  • de Rooij N (1917). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia. Leiden: E.J. Brill Ltd. xiv + 334 pp. (Pseudoxenodon inornatus, pp. 56–57, Figure 33).
  • Lidth de Jeude TW (1922). "Snakes from Sumatra". Zoologische Mededeelingingen 6: 239–253. (Pseudoxenodon jacobsonii, new species, p. 240).


Taxon identifiers
Pseudoxenodon inornatus
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