Hypsiscopus matannensis explained

Hypsiscopus matannensis is a species of water snake in the order Squamata.[1] The species epithet refers to its type locality, Lake Matana (also spelled Matano), in Sulawesi.[2] [3] Its common names are Matana mud or water snake,[4] [5] which also reflects its type locality, and Boulenger's water snake.[6] The species was first described in 1897 by the zoologist George Albert Boulenger.

It is endemic to Southeast Sulawesi (the Celebes).[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hypsiscopus matannensis (Boulenger, 1897) . 2022-09-29 . www.gbif.org . en.
  2. Web site: Huetz . Peter . Hallermann . Jakob . Hypsiscopus matannensis . 2022-09-29 . The Reptile Database.
  3. Web site: Matana Mud Snake, Hypsiscopus matannensis (Boulenger, 1897) . 2022-09-29 . Natural History.Live . en-US.
  4. Web site: Genus Hypsiscopus - taxonomy & distribution / RepFocus . 2022-09-30 . www.repfocus.dk.
  5. Healey . Ryan M. . Atutubo . Jessica R. . Kusrini . Mirza Dikari . Howard . Lesley . Page . Felicia . Hallisey . Noah . Karraker . Nancy E. . 2020-12-01 . Road mortality threatens endemic species in a national park in Sulawesi, Indonesia . Global Ecology and Conservation . en . 24 . e01281 . 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01281 . 2351-9894. free . Note: common name spelled with two N's (Matanna)
  6. Web site: Boulenger's Water Snake names - Encyclopedia of Life . 2022-09-29 . eol.org.
  7. Book: Murphy, John C. . A checklist and key to the homalopsid snakes (reptilia, squamata, serpentes), with the description of new genera . Voris . Harold K. . Angielczyk . Kenneth David . 2014 . Field Museum of Natural History . Chicago, Ill.

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