Stoliczkia

Stoliczkia is a genus of snakes in the family Xenodermidae.[2] The genus contains only two species, one from Northeast India and the other from Borneo.[3][4][5]

Stoliczkia
Head of Stoliczkia borneensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Xenodermidae
Genus: Stoliczkia
Jerdon, 1870
Type species
Stoliczkia khasiensis
Jerdon, 1870[1]
Synonyms

Stoliczkaia (misspelling)

Etymology

The genus is named after Ferdinand Stoliczka,[1] Moravian-born zoologist who later worked for the Geological Survey of India.[6] Many subsequent publications have used the spelling Stoliczkaia. However, Stoliczkia is considered valid because it was repeated twice in Jerdon's original publication, rendering a spelling error unlikely. Moreover, the name Stoliczkaia is now preoccupied by Stoliczkaia Neumayr 1875, an ammonite genus.[5]

Species

There are two species:[2][3]

References
  1. Jerdon TC (1870). "Notes on Indian Herpetology". Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 1870: 66–85. (Stoliczkia, new genus, p. 81).
  2. Stoliczkia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2016.
  3. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 689. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.
  4. Stoliczkia borneensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2016.
  5. Stoliczkia khasiensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2016.
  6. 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. ("Stoliczka", p. 255).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus "Stoliczkaia [sic]", p. 175).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Genus "Stoliczkaia [sic]", p. 125).



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