Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution
Author
Figueroa, Alex
Author
Low, Martyn E. Y.
0000-0001-7927-7149
martyn.low@nus.edu.sg
Author
Lim, Kelvin K. P.
0000-0002-0638-9198
kelvinlim@nus.edu.sg
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-18
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
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Bungarus flaviceps
Reinhardt, 1843
—
Erroneous.
Red-headed Krait
Singapore
records.
Bungarus flaviceps flaviceps
—
Chanhome
et al.
, 2011: 315
.—
Cox
et al.
, 2018: 52
.
Remarks.
Chanhome
et al.
(2011)
listed
Singapore
as part of the distribution for
B. flaviceps
, but we are unsure where they acquired the record from since there are no publications reporting it from
Singapore
.
Cox
et al.
(2018)
likely reference
Chanhome
et al.
(2011)
.
Bungarus flaviceps
ranges from southern
Myanmar
east to southern
Vietnam
, and south to Peninsular
Malaysia
, Borneo, and Banka, Belitung,
Java
, Nias, and
Sumatra
in
Indonesia
(Wallach
et al.
2014).
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens.
No specimens.
Additional
Singapore
museum specimens.
No specimens.
Genus
Hydrophis
Latreille
in Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 (11 species)