Raclitia indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Raclitia
Species: Raclitia indica

Name

• Raclitia indica Gray, 1842: 67

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.2.36, ♀, and and BMNH 1946.1.2.46, ♂, collected by T. Hardwicke between 1756–1823.

Type locality: “India” (in error), corrected to “Malay Peninsula” by Boulenger (1896: 4).

Combinations

• Hypsirhina indica — Boulenger, 1893: 4 [subsequent combination]
• Enhydris indica — Tweedie, 1957: 89 [subsequent combination]
• Raclitia indica — Murphy & Voris, 2014: 33 [subsequent combination, restaure genus]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 59–68.
• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 
• Quah, E.S.H., Wood, P.L. Jr., Grismer, L.L. & Sah, S.A.M. 2018. On the taxonomy and phylogeny of the rare Selangor Mud Snake (Raclitia indica) Gray (Serpentes, Homalopsidae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4514(1): 53–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Raclitia indica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris indica  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176673A7281480. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176673A7281480.en

Vernacular names

English: Selangor Mud Snake