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Dull bamboo snake

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Dull bamboo snake
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[2]
  • 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.[2] There are three recognized subspecies.

Habitat

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P. inornatus lives in bamboo and wet montane forests.[1]

Description

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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).[3] Its dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows.[3] It can spread its neck similar to a cobra.[2]

Reproduction

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P. inornatus is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

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The following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.[2]

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

Etymology

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The subspecific name, jacobsonii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e Pseudoxenodon inornatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b 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 [sic], p. 132).

Further reading

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  • 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).