Blanford's bridle snake

Blanford's bridle snake (Lycodon davisonii) [4][5] is a species of harmless colubrid snake endemic to Asia.[3][4] Blanford's bridle snake is so named because its slim body resembles the bridle used to control horses.

Blanford's bridle snake
from Kaeng Krachan National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Lycodon
Species:
L. davisonii
Binomial name
Lycodon davisonii
Synonyms[4]
  • Ulupe davisoni
    Blanford, 1878
  • Hydrophobus davisonii
    — Boulenger, 1890
  • Dryocalamus davisonii
    — Boulenger, 1893
  • Dryocalamus davisoni
    — M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Dryocalamus davisonii
    — Cox et al., 1998
  • Dryocalamus davisoni
    — Chan-ard et al., 1999
  • Dryocalamus davisonii
    — Sang et al., 2009

Geographic range

L. davisonii is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, davisonii, is in honor of British ornithologist William Ruxton Davison.[5]

References
  1. Thy, N.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Chan-Ard, T.; Golynsky, E. (2012). "Lycodon davisonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T183193A1732700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T183193A1732700.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Dryocalamus davisonii ". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. "Dryocalamus davisonii BLANFORD 1878". ubio.org. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. Lycodon davisonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dryocalamus davisonii, p. 66).

Further reading
  • Blanford WT (1878). "Notes on some Reptilia from the Himalayas and Burma". Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 47 (2): 125–131. (Ulupe davisoni, new species, pp. 129–130). (in Latin and English).
  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Hydrophobus davisonii, new combination, p. 299).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Dryocalamus davisonii, new combination, p. 372).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Dryocalamus davisoni, pp. 274–275).


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