Darjeeling racer
Platyceps vittacaudatus (Blyth, 1854)
The striped-tailed racer (Platyceps vittacaudatus) is a snake in the family Colubridae.
It is found in India.
- Recorded from
- India (Darjeeling, West Bengal)
- Also published as
- Coluber vittacaudatus Blyth, 1854
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Range & habitat
India (Darjeeling, West Bengal) Type locality: from "vicinity of Darjiling" (= Darjeeling, 27° 02'N; 88° 16'E; West Bengal State, eastern India). Known only from the type locality.
== References ==
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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References
- Deepak V, Narayanan S, Mohapatra PP, Dutta SK, Melvinselvan G, Khan A, Mahlow K, & Tillack F. (2021). Revealing two centuries of confusion: new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (auctt.), with description of a new species from India (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 253-316.
- Das, INDRANEIL, BASUDEB DATTAGUPTA and NEMAI CHARAN GAYEN. (1998). History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India. J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 3 (2): 121-172.
- Das, & Indraneil. (2003). Growth of Knowledge on the Reptiles of India, with an Introduction to Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 100 (2-3): 446-502.
- Blyth, E. (1854). Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator, Zoological Department. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 23 [1854]: 737-740.
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.
- Blyth, E. (1854). Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 [1853]: 639-655.
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