Ashok Captain (born 4 September 1960) is an Indian herpetologist who has authored books and papers on Indian snakes. He was also a competing cyclist from 1977 to 1989.[1]
Eponyms edit
Captain's wood snake (Xylophis captaini) [2] and Ashok's bronzeback tree snake (Dendrelaphis ashoki) have been named after Ashok Captain.[3]
Publications edit
Works by Ashok Captain include:
- Whitaker, Romulus; Captain, Ashok (2004). Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Chennai: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN 978-81-901873-0-5. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
References edit
- ^ "Ashok Captain". Cycling Archives. de Wielersite. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Captain", p. 47).
- ^ Gower DJ, Winkler JD (2007). "Taxonomy of The Indian snake Xylophis Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species" (PDF). Hamadryad. 31 (2): 315–329. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2012. (Xylophis captaini, new species).
Further reading edit
- Vogel, Gernot; van Rooijen, Johan (2011). "Contributions to a Review of the Dendrelaphis pictus (Gmelin, 1789) Complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) — 3. The Indian Forms, with the Description of a New Species from the Western Ghats". Journal of Herpetology 45 (1): 100–110. (Dendrelaphis ashoki, new species).
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