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Taxon: Species "Uropeltis ceylanicus" Cuvier, 1829 (reptile)

Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			[G.] Cuvier, 1829, comb. imperf.
Original name	:			Cuvier, [G.] 1829. Règne Anim. (ed. 2) 2: 76 (footnote 3) ("Nob."); 1830. op. cit. 3: pl. VII, fig. 2 ("II. p. 76").
Original rank	:			loc. cit.
Original generic combination	:			loc. cit.
Original spelling	:			loc. cit.; 1830. op. cit. 3: pl. VII, fig. 2 ("Uropeltis de Ceylan").
Subsequent publication	:			Cocteau, 1833.

Attributes

Imperfect combination (comb. inval.: comb. imperf.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 34.2 (gender agreement)]				Ref: V. Wallach et al. 2014. CRC Press, Boca Raton/London/New York: 765. [implicit]
Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12 [before 1931], 13 [after 1930], G]				Ref: C.D. Sherborn, 1925. Index Anim. (2) 6: 1197 ("n. n.").

Types

Type of

:

Uropeltis (Genus) Cuvier, 1829

Ref: V. Wallach et al., 2014: 764.

Variants

Correct spelling

:

Uropeltis ceylanica Cuvier, 1829

Ref: V. Wallach et al., 2014: 765.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name

:

Ceylonese schildstaartslang

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