Ashok Captain Explained

Ashok Captain (born 4 September 1960) is an Indian herpetologist who has authored books and papers on Indian snakes. He was also a competing cyclist from 1977 to 1989.^[1]

Eponyms

Captain's wood snake (Xylophis captaini) ^[2] and Ashok's bronzeback tree snake (Dendrelaphis ashoki) have been named after Ashok Captain.^[3]

Publications

Works by Ashok Captain include:

• Book: Whitaker. Romulus. Romulus Whitaker. Captain. Ashok. Snakes of India: The Field Guide. 9 January 2012. 2004. Draco Books. 495 pp. Chennai. 978-81-901873-0-5.

Further reading

• Vogel, Gernot

van Rooijen, Johan (2011). "Contributions to a Review of the Dendrelaphis pictus (Gmelin, 1789) Complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) — 3. The Indian Forms, with the Description of a New Species from the Western Ghats". Journal of Herpetology 45 (1): 100–110. (Dendrelaphis ashoki, new species).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ashok Captain. Cycling Archives. de Wielersite. 8 January 2012.
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
3. Gower DJ, Winkler JD. 2007. Taxonomy of The Indian snake Xylophis Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species. Hamadryad. 31. 2. 315–329. 8 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203032755/http://www.zm.uzh.ch/agwilson/People/Jasmin%20Winkler/Gower%26Winkler2007Hamadryad.pdf. 3 December 2008. dead. (Xylophis captaini, new species).