Rabdion forsteni

Rabdion forsteni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

Rabdion forsteni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rabdion
Species:	R. forsteni
Binomial name
Rabdion forsteni A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Synonyms[1]
Rabdion forsteni A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 Rhabdion [sic] forsteni Günther, 1858 (ex errore) Rhabdophidium forsteni Boulenger, 1894 Rabdion forsteni — Leviton, 1958 Rabdion forsteni — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, forsteni, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Eltio Alegondas Forsten.[2]

Geographic range

R. forsteni is endemic to the island of Sulawesi (formerly called Celebes) in Indonesia.[1]

References

1. Species Rabdion forsteni at The Reptile Database .
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rabdion forsteni, p. 92).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Rhabdophidium forsteni, replacement name, p. 328).
• Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux. [=General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7. Part 1. Containing the Natural History of the Nonvenomous Snakes]. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Rabdion forsteni, new species, pp. 116–119). (in French).