Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799)
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.7968282 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FE94-B978-FF6B-478C7D3C0CDA |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799) |
status |
|
Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799) View in CoL — Erroneous.
Checkered Keelback
Singapore records.
No published records.
Remarks. As mentioned above under F. flavipunctatus , F. piscator is a species-complex with a problematic taxonomic history (Vogel & David 2012). After Taylor (1965) described F. flavipunctatus as a separate species, the distribution of F. piscator was circumscribed to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and southern China (Wallach et al. 2014). Ģnther (1858b) first reported F. piscator from Singapore, but the specimen actually represents F. flavipunctatus and the locality is likely wrong (see F. flavipunctatus above). In addition, specimens of F. piscator seen repeatedly in the Mandai area (Teo & Rajathurai 1997) are also F. flavipunctatus , and the individuals are considered escaped individuals and their descendants from specimens imported from Thailand by Singapore Zoo (Lim & Lim 1988). The NMW has one specimen catalogued as F. piscator that we were unable to examine to determine if it is indeed F. piscator or F. flavipunctatus .
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): NMW.
Genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (2 species)
NMW |
Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien |
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.