Author: John C. Murphy

Phytolophis punctata Gray,1849 Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum, p. 68. Type locality “India” (in error). Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.37. Eurostus heteraspis Bleeker, 1859…

Hypsirhina bocourti Jan, 1865 Archiv per la Zoologia, l’Anatomia e la Fisiologia. 3:258. Type locality: Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype: is at the MNMH according to Gyi. Collector: unknown. Ferania sieboldi (non…

Raclitia indica Gray 1842 Zoological Miscellany, p. 67. Type locality: Malay Peninsula. Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.2.36, 1946.1.2.46. Hypsirhina indica – Boulenger, 1896 Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum.3:4. Enhydris indica…

Hypsirhina polylepis Fischer, 1886 Abhandlungen und Gebiet der Naturwissenschaften in Hamburg, 9:14. Type locality: Fly River, Papua New Guinea. Collector: Unknown. Holotype: Dresden Museum MTKD D437 (probably destroyed in WWII,…

Myron richardsonii: Gyi, 1970: 172–174, fig. 28. Myron resetari Murphy, 2011: 232 .Holotype: QM J52861. Type Locality: Broome, Western Australia. Distribution: Known only from type locality (Murphy, 2011) and coastal…

Myron richardsonii – Rooij, 1917, 2: 192. Myron karnsi Murphy, 2011:231. Holotype: SMF 19569.Type Locality: Indonesia Aru, Kobroor, Selrutti. Distribution: Known only from type locality (Murphy, 2011). Diagnosis: Melanistic, 21…

Myron richardsonii Gray, 1849 Catalog of specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum, p. 70. Type locality: North West Australia. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.43. Collector: Sir J. Richardson.…

Brachyorrhos alternans Reuss, 1833 Museum Senckenbergianum, 1:155, pl. 9, Figure 3. Type locality: “Java”, Dr. Peitsch collector. Holotype: SMF 19465. Homalopsis decussata Schlegel, 1837 Essai sur la physionomie des serpentes,…

Homalopsis albomaculatus Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854 Érpétologie générale…reptiles. Paris 7(2):974. Type locality: Padang, Sumatra. Holotype: MNHN c3452. Hypsirhina albomaculata – Jan, 1863, Elanco systematico degli ofidi, p. 77. Enhydris…

Enhydris pakistanica Mertens, 1959: 117. Holotype: SMF 56340. Type locality: Jati, Sind, West Pakistan. Mintonophis pakistanicus – Murphy and Voris, 2014:27. Diagnosis: Dorsal scales smooth, in 29 rows at mid-body;…

Enhydris pahangensis Tweedie, 1946: 142. Holotype: BMNH 1947.1.1.70. Type locality: Kuala Tahan, River Tembeling, Pahang, between 500 and 1,000 feet altitude (152–308 m). Diagnosis: Twenty-five scale rows at mid-body, eight…

Homalopsis plumbea Boie, 1827 Isis von Oken, column 560. Type locality: Java. Holotype: RNHL 1163. Collector: Unknown. Hypsirhina hardwickii Gray, 1835 2:187, Fig. 1 Illustrations of Indian Zoology. Holotype: BMNH…

Hypsirhina matannensis Boulenger, 1897: 225. Holotype: NMB 1735. Type locality: Lake Matana, Celebes (Sulawesi, Indonesia). Enhydris matannensis: Haas, 1950: 576. Hypsicopus matannensis Murphy and Voris 2014:26. Diagnosis: This snake has…

Homalopsis semizonata Blyth, 1855: 187. Holotype; ZSI 8137. Type locality: Martaban (= Mattama, southern Myanmar). Homalopsis buccata: Günther, 1864: 285. Distribution. Homalopsis semizonata is known from Kawkareik, Twante near Rangoon,…

Homalopsis buccata: Morice, 1875b: 58 . Homalopsis mereljcoxi Murphy, Voris, Murthy, Traub and Cumberbatch, 2012c: 13. Holotype: FMNH 263756. Type locality: Thailand, Ban Badan (14°31’04”N, 101°58’25” E). Distribution: Homalopsis mereljcoxi…

Enhydis doriae – Brown, 1902:180 Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Philadelphia. Enhydris gyii Murphy, Voris, and Auliya 2005, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53:116 Holotype. – A female, ZFMK…

Homalophis doriae Peters, 1871: 577. Syntypes, MSNG CE 30665 and ZMB 7120. Type Locality: Sarawak, Borneo. Hypsirhina doriae: Boulenger, 1893, 3: 13. Enhydris doriae: Haas, 1950: 576. Diagnosis. Dorsal scales…

Blanford’s Mud Snake Hypsirhina maculata Blanford, 1879b: 130. Holotype: Das et al. (1998: 39) gives the number as ZSI8207. Type locality: In 1879a Blanford gave the type locality as “Bassein…

Voris’ Mud Snake Enhydris maculosa: Gyi, 1970: 114 . Figure 16. Enhydris vorisi Murphy, 2007: 171. Holotype: KU 92465. Type Locality: Maubin, Irrawaddy Division, Myanmar. Gyiophis vorisi Murphy and Voris,…

Homalopsis hardwickii Gray, 1842 Homalopsis buccata—Günther 1864:285; Boulenger 1890: 374; 1896: 14; Smith 1943: 390. Wall 1903: 94; Wall 1923: 38; Gyi 1970: 136; Murphy 2007: 193 Type locality. “India.”…