Psammodynastes (Boie,
1827)
Psammodynastes pictus (Günther, 1858) |
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| Psammodynastes
pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) |  Dan Rosenberg Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827)  Wayne Lee  Wayne Lee Psammodynastes pulverulentus papenfussi (Zhao, 1995) |
Literature
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mitochondrial and nuclear genes.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37 (2005) 581–601
Kate Jackson and Thomas H Fritts
Observations of a Grooved Anterior Fang in Psammodynastes pulverulentus: Does the Mock Viper Resemble a Protoelapid?
Journal of Herpetology 30(1): 128-131 (1996)
Greene, H. W. 1989. Defensive behavior and feeding biology of the Asian mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Colubridae), a specialized predator on scincid lizards. Chinese Herpetological Research 2(2):21-32. Reports "venom clearly affected...lizards...were limp and immobile," notes only brief bleeding from bite to finger, discusses role venom.
Zhao, E. 1990. Venomous snakes of China. Pp. 243-279. In P. Gopalakrishnakone and L. M. Chou (editors), Snakes of Medical Importance (Asia-Pacific Region). Venom and Toxin Research Group, National University of Singapore, 670 pp. Mentions opisthoglyphous snakes Boiga, Chrysopelea, Dryophis, Enhydris, Psammodynastes, Psammophis; indicates not dangerous, bites rare.
Langenberger, G. (2004): Ophiophagus behavior in Psammodynastes pulverulentus in the Philippines. Hamadryad 29(1): 140.
Gaulke, M., (2006): Psammodynastes pulverulentus, Gewöhnliche Falschviper - Reptilia 59, 11 (3): 51 - 54
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