dc:description"FIGURE 1. Known specimens of Cylindrophis osheai sp. nov. in dorsal (left) and ventral view (right). (A) Holotype, RMNH 5460 (formerly RMNH 5460.70), an adult female, collected in 1865 by Dirk Samuel Hoedt on Boano Island, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku Province, Indonesia. (B) Paratype, RMNH 47930 (formerly RMNH 5460.69), a subadult male, collection data as for holotype. (C) RMNH 11262, an unsexed specimen, labeled with collection locality “Celebes?” [= Sulawesi, in error]. Scale bars = 10 mm. Photographs by Sven Mecke.";
dc:description"FIGURE 2. Holotype of Cylindrophis osheai sp. nov. (RMNH 5460). Head in (A) dorsal, (B) lateral, and (C) ventral view; (D) tail in ventral view showing subcaudals. Scale bar = 40 mm. Drawings by Felix Mader based on photographs by Sven Mecke.";
dc:description"FIGURE 3. Details of the ventral coloration in six species of Cylindrophis. (A) Cylindrophis osheai sp. nov. (RMNH 5460). (B) C. melanotus (RMNH 11451.114). (C) C. lineatus (AMNH 12872). (D) C. ruffus sensu stricto (RMNH 11256.110). (E) C. subocularis (RMNH 8959.57). (F) C. jodiae (NMW 21562.1). Drawings by Felix Mader based on photographs by Sven Mecke.";
dc:description"FIGURE 4. Micro-CT images of the cranium of the holotype of Cylindrophis osheai sp. nov. (RMNH 5460), including (A) dorsal, (B) lateral and mirrored, (C) and ventral view, as well as (D) a dorsal view of the lower jaw. Abbreviations of cranial elements follow Lee & Scanlon (2002) and include: bo = basioccipital, com = compound bone of mandible, den = dentary, ec = ectopterygoid, eo = exoccipitals, fr = frontal, mx = maxilla, na = nasal, pa = parietal, pbs = parabasisphenoid, pof = postorbitofrontal, prf = prefrontal, pro = prootics, pt = pterygoid, qa = quadrate, sm = septomaxilla, so = supraoccipital, and st = supratemporal. Scale bar = 2 mm. Micro-CT images prepared by Kristin Mahlow.";
dc:description"FIGURE 5. Micro-CT images of skulls of several species of Cylindrophis used for comparison of cranial osteology, shown in dorsal (left column), lateral (middle column), and ventral view (right column). (A) Cylindrophis osheai sp. nov. (RMNH 5460). (B) C. boulengeri (NHMB 12913). (C) C. melanotus (ZMB 4049). (D) C. ruffus sensu lato (ZMB 13129). Scale bars = 2 mm. Micro-CT images prepared by Kristin Mahlow.";