Rhynchocalamus arabicus Schmidt, 1933
Aden kukri snake
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1933 or before
Rediscovered in 2015 or before
Distribution
Oman & Yemen
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schmidt, Karl P. (1933). A new snake (Rhynchocalamus arabicus) from Arabia. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 20: 9-10.
Other references:
Corkill, N. L. and Cochrane, J. A. (1966). The snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 62(3): 475-506.
Egan, D. (2007). Snakes of Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 208 pp.
Gasperetti, J. (1988). Snakes of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 9: 169-450.
Olgun, K., Avci, A., Ilgaz, C., Üzüm, N. and Yilmaz, C. (2007). A new species of Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 1399: 57-68.
Schmidt, Karl P. (1939). Reptiles and amphibians from Southwestern Asia. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. Ser., 24: 49-92.
Šmíd, Jiří et al. (2015). Phylogeny of the genus Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia; Colubridae) with a first record from the Sultanate of Oman. Zootaxa 4033(3): 380-392. [Abstract]
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Rhynchocalamus&species=arabicus
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19965/rhynchocalamus-arabicus-aden-kukri-snake