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4 unusual facts about Malcolm Arthur Smith


Malcolm Smith

Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875–1958), zoologist, herpetologist, and physician

Pelamis platura

Colors of the snake are variable, but most often distinctly bicolored, black above, yellow or brown below, with the dorsal and ventral colors sharply demarcated from one another; ventrally, there may be a series of black spots or bars on the yellow or brown background, or the yellow may extend dorsally so there is only a narrow middorsal black stripe, or a series of black crossbars (M.A. Smith, 1943: 476–477, gives more complete descriptions of the color pattern variants).

Pseudotyphlops

The type locality given is "Philippinschen Inseln": in error, according to M.A. Smith (1943).

Trimeresurus strigatus

Found in the hills of southern India, Trimeresurus strigatus is distributed in the Nilgiri, Anaimalai, Palni, Tinnevelly, and Shevaroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats at elevations of 3,000-6,000 ft (900-1,800 m) (M.A. Smith, 1943).



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