. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 232 Aaron M. Bauer & Richard Wahlgren. Plate 3. a. Figure 1, plate 737 from Physica Sacra (Scheuchz- er 1735). The Linck specimen illustrated is one of two syntypes oi Boa scytale Linnaeus 1758 [= Eiiiiectes miirimis (Linnaeus 1758)] but is actually referable to Erythwlamprus aesculapii. (see text for explanation). In this and other figures from Physi- ca Sacra elements other than the specimens of interest have been digitally removed for clarity, b. Figure 4, plate 747 from Phys- ica Sacra (Scheuchzer 1735). The Linck specimen illustrated is one of two
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 232 Aaron M. Bauer & Richard Wahlgren. Plate 3. a. Figure 1, plate 737 from Physica Sacra (Scheuchz- er 1735). The Linck specimen illustrated is one of two syntypes oi Boa scytale Linnaeus 1758 [= Eiiiiectes miirimis (Linnaeus 1758)] but is actually referable to Erythwlamprus aesculapii. (see text for explanation). In this and other figures from Physi- ca Sacra elements other than the specimens of interest have been digitally removed for clarity, b. Figure 4, plate 747 from Phys- ica Sacra (Scheuchzer 1735). The Linck specimen illustrated is one of two syntypes oi'Aiigiiis reticulata Linnaeus 1758 [= Fv- phlops reticulatiis]. c. Figure I, plate 647 from Physica Sacra (Scheuchzer 1735). The Linck specimen illustrated is the holo- type of Scytale Scheuchzeri Merrem, 1820 [= Cylindrophis ntf- fiis (Laurenti 1768)]. A second Linck specimen serves as a type of the Lin- naean namQ Auguis reticulata = Typhlops reticulatiis fide McDiarmid et al. (1999). Linnaeus (1758) cited both a Gronovius (1756) specimen, and Scheuchzer's illustration (pi. 747, fig. 4). Scheuchzer's illustration clearly shows the diagnostic pale snout and pale tail ring of this species (Plate 3b). Merrem (1820) also cited a number of Scheuchzer plates in his original descriptions. Scytale Scheuchzeri Merrem, 1820, a synonym of Cylindrophis ruff us, is based solely on the snake depicted in Scheuchzer's plate 647, figure 1 (Plate 3c). Elaps corallimis Merrem, 1820 (now Micru- rus coralliims) was based on Scheuchzer's plate 648, fig- ure 2 (Plate 4a) and questionably plate 737, figure 1, al- though the names Coluber fulvius Linnaeus, C. nigro-rii- fiis La Cepede, and C. fiilvus Latreille were also associ-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koen
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