Coluber atratus Herrmann, 1804: 283
Xenochrophis piscator
Tropidonotus umbratus
X. piscator
3473
Published, First
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-07
3473
1
60
Herrmann, 1804
Herrmann
1804
[151,536,1627,1652]
Reptilia
Colubridae
Coluber
Animalia
Squamata
8
9
Chordata
species
atratus
Coluber atratus Herrmann, 1804: 283. – Type locality. Not given.—Onomatophore: Holotype: deposited in the “Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg” (Strasbourg, France) but now lost ( M.-D. Wandhammer, in litt., February 2009). Status. Not a member of the Xenochrophis piscator-complex, this taxon should be removed from the synonymy of Tropidonotus umbratusand other synonyms of X. piscator.
Comments. Schlegel (1837)and Cantor (1847: 90)regarded this species as a synonym of Tropidonotus umbratus( Daudin, 1803). However, the description of the holotypeof Coluber atratus Herrmann, 1804shows that this taxon is not referable to the genus Xenochrophis. Furthermore, both Schlegel (1837)and Cantor (1847: 90)mentioned another taxon, supposedly described by Herrmann (1804), C. brunneus. We could not find any mention of this taxon in Herrmann’s book, and we cannot comment on its status.
[343,594,1663,1687]
2009-02
M. - D. Wandhammer
France
France
8
9
1
holotype