Dull bamboo snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Pseudoxenodon |
| Species: | P. inornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoxenodon inornatus (F. Boie, 1827)
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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[edit]
P. inornatus lives in bamboo and wet montane forests.[1]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
Subspecies[edit]
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[edit]
The subspecific name, jacobsonii, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Edward Richard Jacobson (1870–1944).[4]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e Pseudoxenodon inornatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 December 2021.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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).
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