Ashok Captain
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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 | edit source]Captain's wood snake (Xylophis captaini) [2] and Ashok's bronzeback tree snake (Dendrelaphis ashoki) have been named after Ashok Captain.[3]
Publications
[edit | edit source]Works by Ashok Captain include:
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References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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).
