Rabdion forsteni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Calamariinae
Genus: Rabdion
Species: Rabdion forsteni

Name

• Rabdion forsteni Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 116

Syntypes (3): MNHN 7210-7211; RMNH 66 or 66a.

Type locality: “iles Célèbes [=Sulawesi]”, Indonesia.

Combinations

• Rhabdion Forsteni — Günther, 1858: 243 [name combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Rhabdophidium forsteni — Boulenger, 1894: 328 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7(partie 1). Roret: Paris. xvi + 780 pp.

Additional references

• Leviton, A.E. 1958. Reinstatment of the generic name Rabdion A.H.A. Dumeril for a monotypic genus of Asian burrowing snakes. Herpetologica 14(1): 47–48. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Bosch, H.A.J. in den 1985. Snakes of Sulawesi: checklist, key and additional biogeographical remarks. Zoologische Verhandelingen 217: 3–50.
• de Lang, R. & Vogel, G. 2005. The snakes of Sulawesi. A field guide to the land snakes of Sulawesi with identification keys. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 25, Edition Chimaira: Frankfurt am Main. 312 pp.
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Vogel, G., McGuire, J.A., Sidik, I., Supriatna, J. & Ineich, I. 2015. Description of a Second Species of the Genus Rabdion Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Herpetologica 71(3): 234–239. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00058 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rabdion forsteni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Forsten’s Pointed Snake