Achalinus spinalis

Achalinus spinalis

Distribution of Achalinus spinalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species: Achalinus spinalis

Name

Achalinus spinalis Peters, 1869: 436

Holotype: ZMB 6449, collected by Séraphin Braconnier.
Type locality: “angeblich aus Japan” = supposedly from Japan.

Synonymy

Ophielaps Bracconieri Sauvage, 1877: 108.
Achalinus rufescens (non Boulenger) Günther, 1889: 220.
Achalinus bracconieri Boulenger, 1893: 309.
Achalinus spinalis weigoldi Mell 1931: 206.
Achalinus spinalie Bourret, 1935: 101.

References

Primary references

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Über neue Gattungen und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhynchonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, Tropidonotus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 432–445. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page.
Bourret, R.L. 1935. Notes herpétologiques sur L'Indochine Francaise. VIII Sur les Achalinus d'Indochine. Bulletin Générale de l'Instruction Publique. Hanoi. 15(5): 101-104. [PDF] Reference page.
Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page.
Richard C. Goris, Norio Maeda: Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan, Krieger Publishing Company, 2004, ISBN 1575240858, pp. 204–205
Günther, A. 1889. Third contribution to our knowledge of the reptiles and fishes from the upper Yangtsze-Kiang. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 4(24): 218–229. BHL Reference page.
Mell, R.E. [1929] 1931. List of Chinese Snakes. Lingnan Science Journal 8: 199–219. Reference page.
Sauvage, H.E. 1877. Sur quelques ophidiens d'espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de la collection du Muséum. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (1876-1877) (Série 7) 1:107–115. BHL Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.T., Pham, A.V., Schingen, M.V., Nguyen, T.T. & Le, M.D. 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.3 . Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Achalinus spinalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 October 2019.
Rao, D.-q., Jiang, J., Lau, M.W.N., Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Achalinus spinalis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T192200A96878793. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T192200A96878793.en

Vernacular names

English: Peters' Odd-scaled Snake, Japanese Odd-scaled Snake
日本語: タカチホヘビ

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