TABLE 1 in Singapore's herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution

TABLE 1. Checklist of 39 taxa with Singapore as type locality.
Taxon NameCurrent IdentityType SpecimenStatusRemarksFamily: IchthyophiidaeIchthyophis singaporensis Taylor, 1960Ichthyophis singaporensis Taylor, 1960BMNH 1959.1.2.43 (holotype)Native—Family: DicroglossidaeRana malesiana Kiew, 1984Limnonectes malesianus Kiew, 1984BMNH 1896.6.25.59–65 (holotype)Native—Family: MegophryidaeLeptobrachium nigrops Berry and Hendrickson, 1963Leptobrachium nigrops Berry and Hendrickson, 1963FMNH 134719 (holotype)Native—Family: MicrohylidaeMicryletta subaraji Sankar, Law, Law, Shivaram, Abraham & Chan, 2022Micryletta subaraji Sankar, Law, Law, Shivaram, Abraham & Chan, 2022ZRC1.13370 (holotype)Native—Family: TestudinidaeManouria fusca Gray, 1854Manouria emys emys Schlegel & M̧ller, 1844BMNH 1947.3.4.57 (holotype)Synonym; Type locality in errorType locality corrected to “Pinang” (Gray 1855: 16)Family: TrionychidaeTrionyx frenatus Gray, 1855Dogania subplana Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809BMNH (no #) (holotype)Synonym—Family: AgamidaeAgama armata Hardwicke & Gray, 1827Acanthosaura armata Hardwicke & Gray, 1827BMNH 1946.8.13.88 & BMNH 1946.8.13.85 (syntypes)Native—Aphaniotis floweri Werner, 1900Aphaniotis fusca Peters, 1864MNHN-RA-1901.1 (holotype)Synonym—Draco abbreviata Hardwicke & Gray, 1827Draco abbreviatus Hardwicke & Gray, 1827BMNH 1873.3.7.6.xxiii (holotype)Native—Salea rosaceum Thominot, 1889Pseudocalotes tympanistriga Gray, 1831MNHN 6806 (holotype)Synonym; Type locality in errorType locality corrected to “Java” (Harvey et al. 2017: 94)Family: EublepharidaePentadactylus felinus Ģnther, 1864Aeluroscalabotes felinus Ģnther, 1864BMNH 1946.8.23.24 (holotype)Native—Family: GekkonidaeCyrtodactylus majulah Grismer, Wood & Lim, 2012Cyrtodactylus majulah Grismer, Wood & Lim, 2012ZRC 2.6950 (holotype)Native—Cyrtodactylus pulchella Gray, 1827Cyrtodactylus pulchellus Gray, 1827BMNH XXII.91.a & BMNH XXii.91.b (syntypes)Type locality in errorType locality corrected to “Penang Island” (Grismer et al. 2012: 10)Nubilia Argentii Gray, 1845Hemidactylus depressus Gray, 1842BMNH XXII.32.a (holotype)Synonym; Type locality in errorType locality corrected to “Ceylon” (Taylor 1953: 1544)Pteropleura Horsfieldii Gray, 1827Ptychozoon horsfieldii Gray, 1827BMNH 1946.8.25.86 (holotype)Native—Family: ScincidaeEumeces (Mabouya) singaporensis Steindachner, 1870dEmoia atrocostata Lesson, 1830NMW 16661 (holotype)Synonym—Euprepes (Riopa) punctatostriatus Peters, 1871Subdoluseps bowringii Ģnther, 1864ZMB 7013 (holotype)Synonym—Tytthoscincus temasekensis Grismer, Wood, Lim & Lim, 2017Tytthoscincus temasekensis Grismer, Wood, Lim & Lim, 2017ZRC 2.6490 (holotype)Native—Family: AcrochordidaeChersydrus annulatus Gray, 1849Acrochordus granulatus Schneider, 1799BMNH 1946.1.1.40 (syntype)Synonym—Family: ColubridaeAhaetulla bellii Gray, 1832 –1835Dendrelaphis pictus Gmelin, 1789paintingSynonym—Coluber floweri Werner, 1925Gonyosoma oxycephalum H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827NMW 23423 (holotype)Synonym—Lycodon melanocephalus Gray, 1835 [in 1832–1835]Sibynophis melanocephalus (Gray, 1834)BMNH 1946.1.17.76 (holotype)Native—Nymphophidium maculatum Ģnther, 1864Lycodon subannulatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854BMNH 1946.1.13.80 (holotype)Synonym—Psammophis nigrofasciatus Cantor, 1839Oreocryptophis porphyraceus nigrocinctus Cantor, 1839BMNH 1946.1.14.69 (holotype)Synonym; Type locality in errorType locality corrected to “Eastern China” (Pope 1935: 259)Simotes dennysi Blanford, 1881Oligodon purpurascens Schlegel, 1837BMNH 1883.11.28.13 (holotype)Synonym—Simotes signatus Ģnther, 1864Oligodon signatus Ģnther, 1864BMNH 1946.1.3.20 (lectotype)Native—Tropidonotus leucomelas Ģnther, 1863Rhabdophis flaviceps Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854BMNH 1946.1.14.33 (holotype)Type locality in errorType locality corrected to “Pinang” (Ģnther 1864: 271)Family: CylindrophiidaeCylindrophis lineatus Blanford, 1881Cylindrophis lineatus Dennys, 1880BMNH 1946.1.16.5 (neotype)Type locality in errorType locality corrected to “Borneo” (Figueroa & Low 2021: 182)Cylindrophis mirzae Amarasinghe et al., 2015Cylindrophis ruffus Laurenti, 1768MNHN 3279 (holotype)Synonym—Family: ElapidaeElaps nigromaculatus Cantor, 1839Calliophis gracilis Gray, 1834BMNH 1946.1.16.17 (holotype)Synonym—Elaps furcatus Cantor, 1839Calliophis intestinalis lineata Gray, 1835BMNH 1946.1.18.2 (lectotype)Synonym—Family: HomalopsidaeCantoria violacea Girard, 1858aCantoria violacea Girard, 1858aUSNM 5523 (holotype)Native—Coluber buccatus Linnaeus, 1758Homalopsis buccatus Linnaeus, 1758FMNH 250114 (neotype)Native—Hemiodontus chalybaeus Jan, 1863Fordonia leucobalia Schlegel, 1837MSNM (holotype) [Lost]Synonym—Family: PythonidaePython curtus brongersmai Stull, 1938Python brongersmai Stull, 1938MCZ 29779 (holotype)Native—Family: TyphlopidaeArgyrophis bicolor Gray, 1845Argyrophis muelleri Schlegel, 1839BMNH 1946.1.10.63 (holotype)Synonym—Family: ViperidaeTrigonocephalus Zara Gray, 1849Hypnale zara Gray, 1849BMNH 1946.1.19.96 (holotype)Type locality in errorTrimeresurus purpureomaculatus Gray, 1831Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus Gray, 1831BMNH 1946.1.19.54 (holotype)Native—Trimesurus maculatus Gray, 1842Tropidolaemus wagleri H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827BMNH 1946.1.17.69 (lectotype)Synonym—
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