v13i2.330

Submitted date: 23 May 2023
Accepted date: 30 September 2024
Published date: 30 November 2024
Pp. 48–61.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SNAKES DESCRIBED BY BOIE (1826)

Sean Otani* & Elmar Duensser
*Corresponding author. E-mail: otani-s@tottori-u.ac.jp

Abstract
Seven species of snakes described by Boie (1826) are currently recognized. They represent two families and six genera. Viperidae: Gloydius blomhoffii, and Colubridae: Hebius vibakari, Elaphe climacophora, E. quadrivirgata, Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Rhabdophis tigrinus, and Sibynophis geminatus. We provide the transcriptions and English translations of all seven original descriptions, which were originally written in Latin and German.

Key words : herpetology, Japan, linien, Rhineland foot

Section Editor: Patrick David