Rabdion forsteni

Rabdion forsteni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

Rabdion forsteni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rabdion
Species:
R. forsteni
Binomial name
Rabdion forsteni
Synonyms[1]
  • Rabdion forsteni
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Rhabdion [sic] forsteni
    Günther, 1858
    (ex errore)
  • Rhabdophidium forsteni
    Boulenger, 1894
  • Rabdion forsteni
    — Leviton, 1958
  • Rabdion forsteni
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, forsteni, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Eltio Alegondas Forsten.[2]

Geographic range

R. forsteni is endemic to the island of Sulawesi (formerly called Celebes) in Indonesia.[1]

References
  1. Species Rabdion forsteni at The Reptile Database .
  2. 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. (Rabdion forsteni, p. 92).

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. (Rhabdophidium forsteni, replacement name, p. 328).
  • Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux. [=General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7. Part 1. Containing the Natural History of the Nonvenomous Snakes]. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Rabdion forsteni, new species, pp. 116–119). (in French).


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