Ashok Captain
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.
Eponyms
Captain's wood snake (Xylophis captaini) and Ashok's bronzeback tree snake (Dendrelaphis ashoki) have been named after Ashok Captain.
Publications
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
- ↑ "Ashok Captain". Cycling Archives. de Wielersite.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ 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
- 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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