Boie's Mud Snake
Hypsiscopus plumbea (Boie, 1827)
Also calledOlivfarbene Wassertrugnatter (deu) · Orangebuget Muddersnog (dan) · Serpiente Acuática de Vientre Amarillo (spa) · Ular Air Kelabu (ind) · งูปลิง (tha) · 水蛇 (zho) · 鉛色水蛇 (zho) · 铅色水蛇 (zho) · 铅色蛇 (zho)
First described in: Boie, F. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
materials_examined
Malaysia — Terengganu: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu campus, UMTZC 1451, Pulau Kapas, UMTZC 1583 & 1585, USMHC 1293, Sekayu, UMTZC 1674, AAH 0203 & 0296, Bukit Kesing, UMTZC 1668, Lata Belatan, USMHC 1057; Penang: Bukit Mertajam, USMHC 1133, Permatang Tinggi, USMHC 2568. Penang Island, USMHC 1741 & 2569; Kedah: Kuala Nerang, USMHC 1971.
Notes on the rare Pahang Mud Snake (Kualatahan pahangensis) (Tweedie 1946) (Squamata: Homalopsidae) endemic to Peninsular Malaysia with comments on its taxonomy and a range extension for the species
Hypsiscopus plumbeus (Boie 1827)
Hypsiscopus plumbeus “ Homalopsis plumbea ” Schlegel, 1826a: 238 (Species nomen credited to Kuhl & Van Hasselt).— Type locality. “Java” by inference.—Status. Nomen nudum, no description . “ Homalopsis plumbea ” Schlegel, 1826b: column 293 (Species nomen credited to Kuhl & Van Hasselt).— Type locality. “Java” by inference.—Status. Nomen nudum, no description . Homalopsis plumbea H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827: 550 [written as Column 560].— Type locality. Java, by inference.— Syntypes (at least 2 specimens). (1) According to Gyi (1970: 82; but see the discussion below): specimen RMNH. RENA.1163, a female; deposited by Heinrich Kuhl and Johan Coenraad van Hasselt, 1820–1823.— (2) Specimen not traced . Hypsirhina hardwickii Gray, 1835 (in 1832–1835): Plate 87: Fig. 1.— Type locality. None given.
On the status of Helicops wettsteini Amaral, 1929, a senior synonym of Hypsiscopus murphyi (SERPENTES: Homalopsidae)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9542943.