Tropidonotus piscator
var. obscurus Wall, 1907: 862
Tropidonotus sanctijohannis Boulenger, 1890
Hydrus piscator Schneider, 1799
Xenochrophis piscator
Natrix piscator
3473
Published, First
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-07
3473
1
60
Wall, 1907
Wall
1907
[151,648,1699,1724]
Reptilia
Colubridae
Tropidonotus
GBIF
Animalia
Squamata
21
22
Chordata
subSpecies
piscator
obscurus
[ Tropidonotus piscator] var. obscurus Wall, 1907: 862.—Type locality. Not given.—Onomatophores. Syntypes, not specified. Status. A subjective junior synonym of Tropidonotus sanctijohannis Boulenger, 1890, therefore (see above), junior synonym of Hydrus piscator Schneider, 1799, now Xenochrophis piscator. Previously, this taxon had been synonymized with Natrix piscatorby Smith (1943: 294).
Comments. Wall (1907)regarded this taxon as a variety of Tropidonotus piscatorand provided a valid description. Wall obviously referred several specimens under this name. According to the morphological characters provided by Wall, we refer this variety to T. sanctijohannis Boulenger, 1890.