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Xenopeltis unicolor  Reinwardt, 1827
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209610

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s): Sunbeam Snake [English]
  
  Valid Name: Xenopeltis unicolor F. Boie, 1827
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Xenopeltis unicolor   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (2019), website (version 09-Jul-19)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Xenopeltis unicolor, Sunbeam Snake [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Xenopeltis unicolor   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Patrick David, Chucheep Chimsunchart, and Kumthorn Thirakhupt  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Reptiles of Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand: a list of species, with natural history notes, and a discussion on the biogeography at the Isthmus of Kra   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University, vol. 3, no. 1   
  Page(s): 23-53   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1513-9700   
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  Reference for: Xenopeltis unicolor   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: According to Pauwels et al. (2003:30), 'Reinwardt most probably was the author of the specific nomen, but obviously did not write anything, and his alledged description was not even cited by Boie. In agreement with Art. 50.1 of the Code (ICZN, 1999), Boie (1827) made the nomen available in writing the first published description, and must be regarded as the sole author of this taxon.'  
 

 

    

 
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