Myrrophis bennettii (Gray, 1842)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 277

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7960432
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FE8E-B962-FF6B-42FC7AF20857
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Myrrophis bennettii (Gray, 1842)
status

Treatment

Myrrophis bennettii (Gray, 1842) — Erroneous.

Bennett’s Mud Snake

Singapore records.

Hypsirhina bennettii —Steindachner, 1867: 68.

Remarks. Steindachner (1867) remarked that a specimen of M. bennettii was collected in Singapore during the Austrian Novara circumnavigational expedition between 1857 and 1859. As M. bennettii is only found in southeastern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam (Wallach et al. 2014), the specimen locality is incorrect. We found no other publication that references this record.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): NMW.