# Ashok Captain

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Indian herpetologist

Ashok Captain

**Ashok Captain** (born 4 September 1960) is an Indian [herpetologist](/source/Herpetologist) who has authored books and papers on Indian snakes. He was also a competing [cyclist](/source/Cycle_sport) from 1977 to 1989.[1]

## Eponyms

[Captain's wood snake](/source/Captain's_wood_snake) (*Xylophis captaini)* [2] and Ashok's bronzeback tree snake (*[Dendrelaphis ashoki](/source/Dendrelaphis))* have been named after Ashok Captain.[3]

## Publications

Works by Ashok Captain include:

- [Whitaker, Romulus](/source/Romulus_Whitaker); Captain, Ashok (2004). [*Snakes of India: The Field Guide*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IYNFAQAAIAAJ). Chennai: Draco Books. 495 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-81-901873-0-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-901873-0-5). Retrieved 9 January 2012.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ashok Captain"](http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=727). *Cycling Archives*. de Wielersite. Retrieved 8 January 2012.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Beolens, Bo](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bo_Beolens); Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). ("Captain", p. 47).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Gower DJ](/source/David_J._Gower), [Winkler JD](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jasmin_D._Winkler) (2007). ["Taxonomy of The Indian snake *Xylophis* Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081203032755/http://www.zm.uzh.ch/agwilson/People/Jasmin%20Winkler/Gower%26Winkler2007Hamadryad.pdf) (PDF). *Hamadryad*. **31** (2): 315–329. Archived from [the original](http://www.zm.uzh.ch/agwilson/People/Jasmin%20Winkler/Gower&Winkler2007Hamadryad.pdf) (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2012. (*Xylophis captaini*, new species).

## Further reading

- [Vogel, Gernot](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gernot_Vogel); [van Rooijen, Johan](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Rooijen) (2011). "Contributions to a Review of the *Dendrelaphis pictus* ([Gmelin](/source/Johann_Friedrich_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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