Author: John C. Murphy

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.”…

Homalopsis sieboldii Schegel, 1837 Essai sur la physionomie des serpents, 2:349, pl. 13, Figures 4-5. Type locality: Bengal. Holotype: RNHL 1168. Collector: unknown. Ferania sieboldii – Gray, 1842 Zoological Miscellany,…

1837 Coluber (Homalopsis) prevostianus Eydoux & Gervais, Magasin de Zoologie, 3:5, pl 15. Holotype: Location unknown. Type locality: “Manila.” Collector: unknown. 1849 Gerarda bicolor Gray, Catalogue of Specimens of Snakes…

1926a Heurnia ventromaculata Jong, Zoologische Anzeiger, 67:302-3. Type locality: Pionierbivak, Mamberano River, North New Guinea. Holotype: ZMA 11066. Collector W. C. van Heurn. Etymology The name ventromaculata refers to the…

1958 Homalopsis buccata – Taylor and Elbel, University of Kansas Science Bulletin 38:1159-1162. 1970 Homalopsis buccata nigroventralis Deuve, Serpents du Laos, p.183-185, Plate 21, Figures 1-4; Plate 22 Figs 1-3,…

1837a Homalopsis leucobalia Schlegel, Essai sur la Physionomie des Serpens. 2:345. Type locality: Timor. Holotype: RNHL 1161. Collector: unknown. 1842 Fordonia leucobalia – Gray, Zoology Miscellany, p. 67. 1849 Fordonia…

Hypsirhina bennettii Gray, 1842 Zoological Miscellany, p. 67. Type locality: “China.” Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.49 Collector: unknown. Hypsirhina maculata Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854Érpétologie générale…Reptiles, Paris 7(2):950 type locality: “China.” Holotype:…

Eunectes notaeus Cope 1862: 70. Type Locality: Paraguay River and confluents. Holotype: USNM 4707. Eunectes murinus Peracca 1895 Eunectes wieningeri Steindachner 1903 Eunectes notaeus — Kahl et al. 1980: 207…

Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787:307. Type locality: Java Potamophis javanica – Schmidt, 1852. There is some confusion on the type locality of A. javanicus. Shaw (1802:573) suggests the type specimen came…

Cantoria annulata de Jong, 1926: 304. Holotype: ZMA 11065. Type locality: Prins Frederik Hendrik Island, New Guinea. Djokoiskandarus annulatus Murphy, 2011: 233. Distribution: Southern coast of New Guinea, Trans-Fly region…

Hypsirhina jagorii – Günther, 1864, The Reptiles of British India, p. 282. Enhydris jagorii – Smith, 1943, The Fauna of British India…. Reptilia and Amphibia 3:384 (in part). Enhydris chanardi…

Hydrus enhydris Schneider, 1799 Historiae Amphibiorum, 1:245. Type locality: “Indiae orientalis;” Hydrus atrocaeruleus Shaw, 1802 General Zoology, 3:567, 1802 Enhydris caerulea Sonni and Latreille, 1801 Histoire naturelle des reptiles, 4:202,

Hypsirhina innominata Morice, 1875c Coup d’Oeil sur la Fauna de la Cochinchine Francaise, 1875c:58. Type locality: from Tay-ninh, Cochin China (South Vietnam, on the Cambodian border). Holotype: MHNL 42000338. Hypsirhina…

Hypsirhina (Eurostus) jagorii Peters, 1863 Monatsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, p. 245. Type locality: “Siam.” Restricted here to the vicinity of Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype: ZMA 4746. Hypsirhina…

Hypsirhina jagorii – Morice, 1875 Coup d’Oeil sur la Fauna de la Cochinchine Francaise, p. 58. Hypsirhina Iagorii (sic) – Mocquard, 1907 Revue Coloniale, p. 51. Hypsirhina enhydris subtaeniata Bourret,…

Hypsirhina longicauda Bourret, 1934 Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique, 1934:20. Syntypes MNHN 48.95, 48.96, 38.143. Type locality: Tonlé Sap, Cambodia. Enhydris longicauda – Smith, 1943 Fauna of British India…Reptilia and…

Acrochordus arafurae Mcdowell 1979: Type locality: Lake Daviumbo, western Province. Distribution Coastal regions of northern Australia and New Guinea. McDowell (1979) gave a more detailed discussion of its distribution. I…

Hydrus Granulatus Schneider 1799 Chersydrus granulatus – Schneider 180x Acrochordus fasciatus Shaw 1802 Pelamis granulatus – Daudin 1803 Hydrus granulatus – Raffles 1822 Acrochordus granulatus – Cantor 1847 Chersydrus annulatus…

Eunectes beniensis Dirksen 2002. Type Locality: Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia. Holotype: AMNH 101924. Eunectes beniensis is known from relative few specimens from northern Bolivia. The largest specimen was a 3.2 m…

Eunectes notaeus Cope 1862: 70. Type Locality: Paraguay River and confluents. Holotype: USNM 4707. Eunectes murinus Peracca 1895 Eunectes wieningeri Steindachner 1903 Eunectes notaeus — Kahl et al. 1980: 207…