Achalinus ater

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species: Achalinus ater

Name

Achalinus ater Bourret, 1937: 72.

• Syntype: MNHN 1935.49 (formerly RLB M.454), ♂, collected by René-Léon Bourret, in 1934.
• Syntype: MNHN 1938.128 (formerly RLB M.455), ♀, collection data as per previous specimen.
• Syntype: RLB M.793, ♀, collection data as per previous specimens, specimen lost.
• Syntype: RLB M.795, ♂, collection data as per previous specimens, specimen lost.

• Type locality: "Tonkin (Tam Dao, alt. 900 m)" = Tam Dao, northern Vietnam.

Synonymy

• Achalinus niger Bourret, 1935: 103 (nomen praeoccupatum).

References

Primary references

• Bourret, R.L. 1937. Notes herpétologiques sur l’indochine française. XV. Lézards et serpents reçu au laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Université au cours de l’année 1937. Descriptions de deux espèces et de deux variétés nouvelles. Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 17. Gouvernement Généneral de l’Indochine, Hanoi. pp. 57-80. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Bourret, R. 1935. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine francaise. VIII. Sur les Achalinus d'Indochine. Bulletin general de l'instruction publique 14(5): 101–104. Full article Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.T., Pham, A.V., van Schingen, M., Nguyen, T.T. & Le, M.D. 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.3 . Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Achalinus ater. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2019.
• Jiang, J., Zhou, Z. & Lau, M. 2012. IUCN: Achalinus ater  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T176324A1438724. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176324A1438724.en

Vernacular names

• English: Bourret's Odd-scaled Snake