Thai National Parks

Species of Thailand

Painted mock viper

Psammodynastes pictus

Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1858

Psammodynastes pictus, the painted mock viper or spotted mock viper, is a species of snake from Southeast Asia.

Distribution

The type locality is Borneo and (erroneously) India. In Borneo this species is found in both Brunei, East Malaysia and Kalimantan. It also occurs in the Malay Peninsula including Singapore and in Sumatra, Belitung, Bangka, Simeulue, and Riau Archipelago (Indonesia).

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Psammodynastidae
Genus
Psammodynastes
Species
Psammodynastes pictus

Common names

  • German: Gefleckte Scheinviper
  • English:
    • Painted mock viper
    • Spotted mock viper

Synonyms

  • Psammodynastes pictus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Psammodynastes pictus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
  • Psammophis (Psammodynastes) conjunctus, Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (1868)
  • Psammodynastes pictus, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1858)

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Range Map

Distribution map of Painted mock viper, Psammodynastes pictus in Thailand
  • Sukhirin District, Narathiwat
  • Waeng District, Narathiwat
Range map of Psammodynastes pictus in Thailand