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