Dryocalamus davisonii

Dryocalamus davisonii
Dryocalamus davisonii
from Kaeng Krachan National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Dryocalamus
Species: D. davisonii
Binomial name
Dryocalamus davisonii
Synonyms[4]
  • Ulupe davisoni
    Blanford, 1878
  • Hydrophobus davisonii
    — Boulenger, 1890
  • Dryocalamus davisonii
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Dryocalamus davisoni
    — M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Dryocalamus davisonii
    — Cox et al., 1998
  • Dryocalamus davisoni
    — Chan-ard et al., 1999
  • Dryocalamus davisonii
    — Sang et al., 2009

Dryocalamus davisonii, commonly known as Blanford's bridle snake,[4][5] is a species of harmless colubrid snake endemic to Asia.[3][4] Blanford's bridle snake is so named because its slim body resembles the bridle used to control horses.

Geographic range

D. davisonii is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, davisonii, is in honor of British ornithologist William Ruxton Davison.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Thy N, Nguyen TQ, Chan-Ard T, Golynsky E (2012). "Dryocalamus davisonii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T183193A1732700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T183193A1732700.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dryocalamus davisonii ". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Dryocalamus davisonii BLANFORD 1878". ubio.org. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Dryocalamus davisonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  5. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dryocalamus davisonii, p. 66).

Further reading

  • Blanford WT (1878). "Notes on some Reptilia from the Himalayas and Burma". Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 47 (2): 125-131. (Ulupe davisoni, new species, pp. 129–130). (in Latin and English).
  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Hydrophobus davisonii, new combination, p. 299).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Dryocalamus davisonii, new combination, p. 372).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Dryocalamus davisoni, pp. 274–275).


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