Yellow-spotted Keelback Water Snake

discussion

Remarks. Fowlea flavipunctatus is part of the F. piscator complex, which has suffered from a complicated taxonomic history (Vogel & David 2012). Until recently members of Xenochrophis, both these species were newly placed into Fowlea following molecular evidence (Purkayastha et al. 2018). Fowlea flavipunctatus was considered a subspecies of F. piscator until Taylor (1965) described it as a separate species. A specimen of F. piscator [= flavipunctatus] from Singapore, part of Hardwicke’s collection, was reported by Ģnther (1858 b) and Boulenger (1893). In addition, specimens also considered F. piscator, but really are F. flavipunctatus, were seen repeatedly in the Mandai and US areas. These individuals are considered escaped individuals and progeny of specimens imported from Thailand by Singapore Zoo (Lim & Lim 1988; Teo & Rajathurai 1997). Since these reports, the species has not been recorded again. As F. flavipunctatus is only restricted to the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia (Quah & Shahrul 2018) and does not occupy the entire peninsula (Vogel & David 2012) as previously thought, we exclude F. flavipunctatus from Singapore’s herpetofauna checklist. LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum spe

Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution

materials_examined

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens. Family Pythonidae Fitzinger, 1826 (1 species) Genus Python Daudin, 1803 (1 species)

Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution