Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 270-271

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.7968280

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FE97-B978-FF6B-42697D170FE2

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scientific name

Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758) — Erroneous.

Buff Striped Keelback

Singapore records.

Tropidonotus stolatus — Dennys, 1880a: 3.— Blanford, 1881: 215.— Boulenger, 1893: 254.— Flower, 1896: 880.— Flower, 1899: 662.—Ridley, 1899: 207.— Boulenger, 1912: 126.— de Rooij, 1917: 88.

Natrix stolata —Sworder, 1923: 61.— de Haas, 1949: 81.

Amphiesma stolata —K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1988d: 87.

Remarks. Specimen BMNH 1880.9.10.32 is said to be from Singapore ( Dennys 1880a; Blanford 1881; Boulenger 1893); however, Blanford (1881) listed Singapore and Hong Kong as the locality. Smith (1943) discredited any record of A. stolatum in the Malay Peninsula, and de Haas (1949) recommended removing it from the herpetofauna list of the Malay Peninsula, which was completed by Tweedie (1953). However, Lim & Lim (1988d) described A. stolatum as rare, if not extinct in Singapore. Nonetheless, A. stolatum ranges from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal east through Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan (Wallach et al. 2014). Thus, it is likely the specimen came from Hong Kong.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): BMNH 1880.9.10.32 (no date).

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Genus Fowlea Theobald, 1868 (1 species)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Natricidae

Genus

Amphiesma

Loc

Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Amphiesma stolata

Lim, K. 1988: 87
1988
Loc

Natrix stolata

de Haas, C. P. J. 1949: 81
1949
Loc

Tropidonotus stolatus

de Rooij, N. 1917: 88
Boulenger, G. A. 1912: 126
Flower, S. S. 1899: 662
Flower, S. S. 1896: 880
Boulenger, G. A. 1893: 254
Blanford, W. T. 1881: 215
Dennys, N. B. 1880: 3
1880
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