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.
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 | |
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