Vertebrate Zoology 66(2): 179-190, doi:
The identity of Stenorhabdium temporale Werner, 1909 (Serpentes: Colubroidea)
expand article infoSebastian Kirchhof, Kristin Mahlow, Frank Tillack‡‡
‡ Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany

Corresponding author: Frank Tillack ( frank.tillack@mfn.berlin )

© Sebastian Kirchhof, Kristin Mahlow, Frank Tillack.
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Citation: Kirchhof S, Mahlow K, Tillack F (2016) The identity of Stenorhabdium temporale Werner, 1909 (Serpentes: Colubroidea). Vertebrate Zoology 66(2): 179-190
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Abstract
Re-examination of the type material of Ligonirostra Stuhlmanni Pfeffer, 1893 (original spelling, now Prosymna stuhlmanni) and comparison with the sole type specimen of its synonym Stenorhabdium temporale Werner, 1909 revealed a number of significant morphological differences between these taxa. Detailed analyses of pholidosis and osteology of comparative material show that S. temporale is in fact a subjective junior synonym of Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847). A lectotype and a paralectotype of Ligonirostra stuhlmanni are designated and described.
Keywords
Reptilia, Serpentes, Lamprophiidae, Colubridae, Stenorhabdium temporale new synonym, Pseudorabdion longiceps