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Psammodynastes pictus GÜNTHER, 185

This snake was only incorporated in the Psammophiinae-group by Figueroa e.a. in 2016, be it that Peters (1868) classified it in the same group.

In the following table you find mainly the content as found in The Reptile Database.

 

Higher Taxa Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) 
Subspecies  
Common Names E: Painted Mock Viper, Spotted Mock Viper
G: Gefleckte Scheinviper 
Synonym Psammodynastes pictus GÜNTHER 1858: 251
Psammophis (Psammodynastes) conjunctus PETERS 1868: 451
Psammodynastes pictus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 379
Psammodynastes pictus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 585 
Distribution Indonesia (Kalimantan/Borneo, Riau Archipelago, Simeulue, Sumatra);
Brunei Darussalam; Pulau Bangka, Pulau Belitung,
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia);
Singapore

Type locality: Borneo (but see comment).  
Reproduction  
Types Type: BMNH 1946.1.8.55 (and possibly additional specimens). 
Diagnosis  
Comment Distribution: The type locality is erroneously given as Borneo and India. Not in India fide I. Das (pers. comm., 25 July 2012). 
Etymology  
References
  • Auliya, M. 2006. Taxonomy, Life History, and conservation of giant reptiles in west Kalimantan. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 432 pp. - get paper here
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • David,P. & Vogel,G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M.
  • Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281
  • Husson, S.J.; S.H. Limin, Adul, N.S. Boyd, J.J. Brousseau, S. Collier, S.M. Cheyne, L.J. D’Arcy, R.A. Dow, N.W. Dowds, M.L. Dragiewicz, D.A. Ehlers Smith, Iwan, Hendri, P.R. Houlihan, K.A. Jeffers, B.J.M. Jarrett, I.P. Kulu, H.C. Morrogh-Bernard, S.E 2018. Biodiversity of the Sebangau tropical peat swamp forest, Indonesian Borneo Mires and Peat 22 (05): 1–50 - get paper here
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here
  • Peters,W.C.H. 1868. Über eine neue Nagergattung, Chiropodomys penicullatus, sowie über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien und Fische. M. Ber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868 : 448-461 - get paper here
  • Teo, R.C.H. & Rajathurai, S. 1997. Mammals, reptiles and amphibians in the Nature Reserves of Singapore - diversity, abundance and distribution. Proc. Nature Reserves Survey Seminar. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 49: 353-425
  • TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.