Oligodon woodmasoni
Oligodon woodmasoni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India.
| Oligodon woodmasoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oligodon |
| Species: | O. woodmasoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligodon woodmasoni | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
The specific name, woodmasoni, is in honor of English zoologist James Wood-Mason.[3]
Description
M.A. Smith reported that the holotype of this species was missing from the ZSI Kolkata collections. The species was rediscovered in 2002 and a new specimen was deposited at the ZSI.[4]
The details of the specimen, ZSI25503 are as follows:
Snout-to-vent length: 440 mm (17 in). Tail length: 80 mm (3.1 in).
Dorsal scale rows: at neck 18; at midbody 17.
Ventrals: 185. Subcaudals: 46.
Supralabials: 6 (4th in contact with the eye). Infralabials: 7.
References
- Sclater WL (1891). "Notes on the Collection of Snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 60: 230-250 + Plate VI. (Simotes wood-masoni, new species, pp. 235-236 + Plate VI, figures 2a-2d).
- Species Oligodon woodmasoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oligodon woodmasoni, p. 289).
- Krishnan S (2003). "The distribution of some reptiles in the Nicobar Islands, India". ANET technical report - May 2003.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Simotes woodmasoni, p. 223).
- Sharma RC (2003). Handbook: Indian Snakes. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India. 292 pp. ISBN 978-8181711694.
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Oligodon woodmasoni, pp. 218–219, Figure 73).
- Vijayakumar SP, David P (2006). "Taxonomy, Natural History, and Distribution of the Snakes of the Nicobar Islands (India), Based on New Materials and with an Emphasis on Endemic Species". Russian Journal of Herpetology 13 (1): 11–40.
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