Discoveries
Cylindrophis jodiae
Dr. Jodi Rowley
5. Cylindrophis jodiae
Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann, 2015
Publication :
Amarasinghe AAT, PD Campbell, J Hallermann, I Sidik, J Supriatna & I Ineich (2015). Two new species of the genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Southeast Asia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9 (1): 34–51.
Remarks :
We discovered Cylindrophis jodiae from Annam, Central Vietnam and it is widely distributed in southern China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar.
Etymology:
The species epithet is an eponym latinized as a noun in the genitive singular, honoring Dr. Jodi Rowley for her generous friendship, and remarkable contributions and expeditions assessing amphibian decline due to various diseases, conservation status, and in documenting amphibian biodiversity. Jodi Rowley is an Australian herpetologist. She has conducted amphibian research in Southeast Asia, mainly in Vietnam. Currently she is a co-ordinator of Australian Museum Research Institute, a member of the IUCN Amphibian Red List Authority and the co-chair for Mainland Southeast Asia of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group.
English name: Jodi's Pipe Snake
Further readings:
Bernstein, JM, AM Bauer, JA McGuire, E Arida, H Kaiser, M Kieckbusch & S Mecke (2020). Molecular phylogeny of Asian pipesnakes, genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), with the description of a new species from Myanmar. Zootaxa 4851 (3): 535–558.
Etymology:
The species epithet is an eponym latinized as a noun in the genitive singular, honoring Dr. Jodi Rowley for her generous friendship, and remarkable contributions and expeditions assessing amphibian decline due to various diseases, conservation status, and in documenting amphibian biodiversity. Jodi Rowley is an Australian herpetologist. She has conducted amphibian research in Southeast Asia, mainly in Vietnam. Currently she is a co-ordinator of Australian Museum Research Institute, a member of the IUCN Amphibian Red List Authority and the co-chair for Mainland Southeast Asia of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group.
English name: Jodi's Pipe Snake
Further readings:
Bernstein, JM, AM Bauer, JA McGuire, E Arida, H Kaiser, M Kieckbusch & S Mecke (2020). Molecular phylogeny of Asian pipesnakes, genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), with the description of a new species from Myanmar. Zootaxa 4851 (3): 535–558.