Bungarus candidus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Bungarus
Species: Bungarus candidus
Name
[edit]Bungarus candidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Holotype: NRM 37 (formerly ZIUS 89).
- Type locality: “Indiis” (in error).
Combinations
[edit]- Coluber candidus Linnaeus, 1758: 223 [original combination]
- Bungarus candidus — Cantor, 1847: 113 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- Bungarus javanicus Kopstein, 1932: 73 [synonymsed by Slowinski (1994: 441)]
- Holotype: RMNH 9007, adult ♀, collected by Kopstein in 1931.
- Type locality: “Soember, Cheribon” [=Matanghadji, Distrikt Soember, Cheribon, West-Java, Indonesia].
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
- Kopstein, F. 1932. Bungarus javanicus, eine neue Giftschlange von Java. Treubia 14: 73–89.
- Slowinski, J.B. 1994. A phylogenetic analysis of Bungarus (Elapidae) based on morphological characters. Journal of Herpetology 28(4): 440–446. DOI: 10.2307/1564956 Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Kuch, U. & Mebs, D. 2007. The identity of the Javan Krait, Bungarus javanicus Kopstein, 1932 (Squamata: Elapidae): evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence analyses and morphology. Zootaxa 1426: 1–26. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
- Nguyen, S.N., Nguyen, V.D.H., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, N.T.T., Nguyen, L.T., Vo, B.D., Vindum, J.V., Murphy, R.W., Che, J. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2017. A new color pattern of the Bungarus candidus complex (Squamata: Elapidae) from Vietnam based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4268(4): 563–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.4.7 Reference page.
- Chen, Z.-N., Shi, S.-C., Vogel, G., Ding, L. & Shi, J.-S. 2021. Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar. ZooKeys 1025: 35–71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bungarus candidus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2017.
- Wogan, G., Vogel, G., Grismer, L., Chan-Ard, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2012. IUCN: Bungarus candidus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192238A2059709. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192238A2059709.en
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Blue Krait
français: Bongare candide
Bahasa Indonesia: Weling
polski: Niemrawiec malajski
Tiếng Việt: Cạp nia nam
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