Species of Thailand
Painted mock viper
Psammodynastes pictus
Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1858
Psammodynastes pictus, the painted mock viper or spotted mock viper, is a species of snake from Southeast Asia.
Distribution
The type locality is Borneo and (erroneously) India. In Borneo this species is found in both Brunei, East Malaysia and Kalimantan. It also occurs in the Malay Peninsula including Singapore and in Sumatra, Belitung, Bangka, Simeulue, and Riau Archipelago (Indonesia).
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Psammodynastes
- Species
- Psammodynastes pictus
Common names
- German: Gefleckte Scheinviper
- English:
- Painted mock viper
- Spotted mock viper
Synonyms
- Psammodynastes pictus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Psammodynastes pictus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
- Psammophis (Psammodynastes) conjunctus, Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (1868)
- Psammodynastes pictus, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1858)
Photos
Range Map
- Sukhirin District, Narathiwat
- Waeng District, Narathiwat