Myrrophis chinensis (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 : 277-278

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968311
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scientific name	Myrrophis chinensis (Gray, 1842)
status

Treatment

Myrrophis chinensis (Gray, 1842) — Erroneous.

Chinese Mud Snake

Singapore records.

Hypsirhina chinensis —Steindachner, 1867: 68.

Remarks. Along with M. bennettii, Steindachner (1867) mentioned that a specimen of M. chinensis was collected in Singapore during the Austrian Novara circumnavigational expedition between 1857 and 1859. Steindachner (1867) noted that the specimen was gifted by the author, but we are unsure who he is referring to. As M. chinensis has a similar distribution to M. bennettii , ranging from southeastern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan to 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.

Family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (1 species)

Genus Psammodynastes Günther, 1858b (1 species)