Found but forgotten: On the records, misidentification, and potential rediscovery of the rare Bromo Tengger Semeru mountain endemic snake (Serpentes: Colubridae: Tetralepis fruhstorferi)

Septiadi, Luhur, Idrus, Meilinda Rodhiya, Arroyyan, Ahmad Nauval, Fathoni, Muhammad, Erfanda, Muhammad Prayogi, Devi, Sandra Rafika, Hanifa, Berry Fakhry ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1847-6261, Priambodo, Bagus, Sidik, Irvan and Kurniawan, Nia (2023) Found but forgotten: On the records, misidentification, and potential rediscovery of the rare Bromo Tengger Semeru mountain endemic snake (Serpentes: Colubridae: Tetralepis fruhstorferi). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 30 (4). pp. 249-254. ISSN 10262296

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Abstract

Tetralepis fruhstorferi is a snake currently only known to be endemic to a single active volcano complex of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java of Indonesia. Its taxonomic identity and natural history are poorly known, as the most recent collection was in 1978 and limited to only a few collection records. We investigated two recently published surveys that have misidentified this species. This may indicate that T. fruhstorferi is still present in its type locality and our future surveys would focus on finding this species to assess its taxonomy and population status.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	East Java; Indonesia; rediscovery; topotype
Subjects:	06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0603 Evolutionary Biology 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0608 Zoology
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences > Department of Biology
Depositing User:	Berry Fakhry Hanifa
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2023 12:33

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