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Himalayan stripe-necked snake

Anguiculus rappii (Günther, 1860)

Also calledRapp’s Himalayan snake (eng)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Nepal, India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh), Bhutan
Also published as
Ablabes owenii Günther, 1860; Ablabes rappii Günther, 1860
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Anguiculus rappii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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References

  • Anderson, J. (1871). On some Indian reptiles. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1871: 149-211.
  • Sharma, R. C. (2004). Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 Pp.
  • Boulenger, George A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, Xviii, 541 Pp.
  • Stoliczka, F. (1870). Observations on some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 134-228.
  • Bhattarai S., Gurung A., Lamichhane BR., Regmi R., Dhungana M., Kumpakha B. and Subedi N. (2020). Amphibians and Reptiles of Chure Range, Nepal. President Chure Terai-Madhesh Conservation Development Board and National Trust for Nature Conservation, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal.
  • Stoliczka, F. (1870). Observations of some Indian and Malayan Amphibia and Reptilia (abstract). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 6: 105-109.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.