Pseudorabdion eiselti Inger & Leviton, 1961

Teynié, Alexandre, David, Patrick & Ohler, Annemarie, 2010, Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo, Zootaxa 2416, pp. 1-43 : 22

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scientific name	Pseudorabdion eiselti Inger & Leviton, 1961
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Pseudorabdion eiselti Inger & Leviton, 1961 View in CoL

( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 e)

Material examined. MNHN 2002.0438 (male; SVL 160 mm, TaL 17 mm), vicinity of Lubuksao, Province of Sumatera Barat, elev. 400 m.

Taxonomic comments. This specimen is typical for the species as described by Inger & Leviton (1961).

Scalation: DSR 15-15-15; VEN 131; Sc 16; SL 6/6; no loreal, no preocular, 1/1 postocular. Hemipenes: in situ, short, extending up to 8th Sc, not divided and covered with calyces.

Distribution on Sumatra. Province of Sumatera Barat; also the Mentawai Archipelago ( David & Vogel, 1996).

Biology. This adult specimen was collected in August at the edge of a primary forest at the beginning of a rainy night.

References

David, P. & Vogel, G. (1996) The Snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Ed. Chimaira, Frankfurt-am-Main, 260 pp.

Inger, R. F. & Leviton, A. E. (1961) A new colubrid snake of the genus Pseudorabdion from Sumatra. Fieldiana: Zoology, 44, 45 - 57.

FIGURE 6. (a) Broghammerus reticulatus (Schneider, 1801). Juvenile specimen not collected; (b) Boiga cynodon (Boie, 1827). Large adult, not collected; view of the head; (c) Dendrelaphis caudolineatus caudolineatus (Gray, 1835). MHLCLFE C 167, adult male; (d) Dendrelaphis pictus pictus (Gmelin, 1789). One of the three adult specimens; (e) Pseudorabdion eiselti Inger & Leviton, 1961. MNHN 2002.0438, adult male; (f) Xenocrophis trianguligerus (Boie, 1827). Specimen not preserved.