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<emphasis id="B958EA8525349803FF659518C3A4FDAE" bold="true" box="[151,482,581,607]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
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.0 1 NH, adult female, SVL
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, TL
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(
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).
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Wickramasinghe.
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525349803FF3595AAC307FCE1" bold="true" box="[199,321,759,784]" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
I assign the new species tentatively to the genus
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because it possesses the following characteristics: slender body; rounded pupil; enlarged vertebral scales; head distinct from body; diurnal; predominantly arboreal. Within the genus,
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525349803FD76941DC1FCFCA9" box="[644,954,832,856]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="506">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
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has a unique colour pattern of prominent cross bars in black and white and a red neck; black bars are paired, and create the margins of the white cross bars from neck to tail; vertebral stripe, postocular stripe, and ventrolateral stripe absent; prominent white patch on lateral head over eye region and neck, upper margin outlined by a black zigzag line; parietal stripe present; throat white with black blotches; venter off-white with irregular black spots all over. It further differs from all other species of this genus in the combination of the red neck and the conspicuous red/white cross bars. In addition to its colouration, the species can be readily distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characteristics: loreal scales absent; prefrontals large, contacting 2nd and 3rd supralabials; postoculars three, central scale smallest; anterior temporal large, contacts all three postaculars; posterior temporals three, central one largest, larger than anterior temporal, dorsally contacts parietal and ventrally contacts 8th supralabial; dorsal scale rows 13 at midbody, a small apical pit on each costal scale; ventral scales 174; subcaudal scales 139; vertebral scales slightly longer than the first costal row.
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Description of
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.
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Body slender, SVL
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; tail long, (TL/SVL 48.1%; TL/ToL: 32.5%); head long (HL/SVL 3.36%), distinct from the neck. Eye large, ED/HL 22.6%. Pupil round. Nostril small, (ND/ED 5.88%); snout moderate (NE/HL 20.8%) (
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A). The dark purplish tongue is protruded. Internasals two; prefrontals large (
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B), contacting nasal, 2nd and 3rd supralabials and preocular; postoculars three, central one smallest; supraocular single; loreal absent. Preocular single, not reaching dorsal surface of head; postoculars three; temporals 1:3 (anterior temporal large, contacts all three postoculars; posterior temporals three, central one largest, larger than anterior temporal, dorsally contacts parietal and ventrally contacts 8th supralabial); supralabials eight, 4th and 5th contacting eye (
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A); infralabials 11, first pair in medial contact at the mental groove; 1st to 5th contacting anterior chin shield; 5th and 6th contacting posterior chinshield, 6th the largest; first sublabial short, touches infralabials 6 and 7 (L), or infralabials 6, 7 and 8 (R) (
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C); dorsals 13:13:09; dorsal scales oblique (
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A), smooth and with a single apical pit; vertebral scales enlarged (
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B), slightly larger or equal to first row of dorsals, hexagonal in shape and with clearly concave posterior margin; ventrals 174 (+2 preventrals), laterally sharply keeled with a notch on each side; anal shield divided; subcaudals 138 divided, plus one terminal scale.
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Measurements (to the nearest
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): CL 4.1; ED 5.1; HD 7.3; HL 22.6; HW 9.4; IN 4.9; IO 10.6; NE 4.7; ND 0.3; SE 7.5; SS 19.3; SN 2.6.
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Colour in alcohol (
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).
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Head dorsum brown, with a prominent black line between parietals. A prominent white patch on lateral head over eye region and neck, with upper margin outlined by a black zigzag line. Background body colour brown, with prominent paired narrow black cross bands (about one costal scale wide) throughout body, with a light brown band (1–2 costal scales wide) between them. Venter off-white with irregular black spots all over.
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525359802FF6590F7C354F84E" bold="true" box="[151,274,1962,1984]" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525359802FEEB90F7C069F831" box="[281,559,1962,1984]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="507">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
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, holotype (NMSL 2016.06.0 1 NH), head; (A) lateral aspect, (B) dorsal aspect and (C) ventral aspect.
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FF6592CBC352FA5A" bold="true" box="[151,276,1430,1452]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FEEE92CBC075FA5D" box="[284,563,1430,1452]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FDC992CAC0CAFA5D" bold="true" box="[571,652,1431,1452]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26B57FE25329805FDC992CAC0CAFA5D" box="[571,652,1431,1452]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype (NMSL 2016.06.0 1 NH), mid body; (A) lateral aspect, (B) dorsal aspect.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B93369725329805FF35914CC330F8F0" blockId="4.[151,1436,1553,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FF35914CC19FF9DB" bold="true" box="[199,985,1553,1578]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">
<collectingCounty id="62F24E1B25329805FF35914CC35DF9DB" box="[199,283,1553,1578]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">Colour</collectingCounty>
in life (based on photographed unpreserved specimen).
</emphasis>
<collectingMunicipality id="6BF7ACED25329805FC15914CC601F9DB" box="[999,1095,1553,1578]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">Kudawa</collectingMunicipality>
,
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,
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(
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,
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). Head dorsum brown, with a prominent black line between parietals (
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). A prominent white patch on lateral head surrounding eye region and neck, with its upper margin outlined by a black zigzag line (
<figureCitation id="13172A1225329805FCE79120C13CF967" box="[789,890,1661,1686]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1969,1991]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,1125,1944]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[177,1412,1123,1945]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 5. Dendrelaphis sinharajensis sp. nov., live individual (unpreserved) from Kudawa; a prominent white patch on lateral head surrounding the eye region and neck, with its upper margin outlined by a black zigzag line." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/264531/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">Figure 5</figureCitation>
). Tongue dark purple. Dorsum background red anteriorly (
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) and earthy brown posteriorly, with prominent cross bars in black and white. The black bars are paired, and create the margins of the white cross bars from neck to tail (
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). Venter off-white with irregular black spots all over.
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C336651C25329805FF359050C362F847" pageId="4" pageNumber="508" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B93369725329805FF359050C621F8B8" blockId="4.[151,1436,1553,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FF359050C308F8D7" bold="true" box="[199,334,1805,1830]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species epithet
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FDCF9050C094F8D4" box="[573,722,1805,1829]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">sinharajensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is derived from “
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”, referring to the forest where the species was discovered. The specific name is an adjective from the geographical name.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B93369725329805FF359008C362F847" blockId="4.[151,1436,1553,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FF359008C060F89F" bold="true" box="[199,550,1877,1902]" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">Suggested vernacular names.</emphasis>
The vernacular names recommended for the species are
<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FB469008C388F860" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D1425329805FB469008C7DEF89C" box="[1204,1432,1877,1901]" class="Arachnida" family="Uropodidae" genus="Sinharaja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acari" pageId="4" pageNumber="508" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="haldanda">Sinharaja haldanda</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D1425329805FF659024C38CF860" box="[151,458,1913,1937]" class="Arachnida" family="Uropodidae" genus="Sinharaja" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Acari" pageId="4" pageNumber="508" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="komberi" subSpecies="muken">Sinharaja komberi muken</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525329805FDE19024C14FF860" box="[531,777,1913,1937]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="508">Sinharaja tree snake</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the languages Sinhala (native), Tamil, and English respectively.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8B93369725339804FF659353C013FBB2" blockId="5.[151,1436,1038,1091]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525339804FF659353C351FBD5" bold="true" box="[151,279,1038,1060]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525339804FED39353C07DFBD5" box="[289,571,1038,1060]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525339804FDB49352C0DCFBD5" bold="true" box="[582,666,1039,1060]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, live individual (unpreserved) from Kudawa; dorsal head brown, with a prominent black line between interparietals.
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<paragraph id="8B93369725339804FF6590ECC6EAF814" blockId="5.[151,1435,1969,2021]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525339804FF6590ECC353F837" bold="true" box="[151,277,1969,1991]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525339804FEED90ECC07EF836" box="[287,568,1969,1991]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B958EA8525339804FDB090ECC0D3F837" bold="true" box="[578,661,1969,1990]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26B57FE25339804FDB090ECC0D3F837" box="[578,661,1969,1990]" pageId="5" pageNumber="509" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, live individual (unpreserved) from Kudawa; a prominent white patch on lateral head surrounding the eye region and neck, with its upper margin outlined by a black zigzag line.
</paragraph>
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<caption id="DF53661F25309807FF65936CC2B9FB97" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/264532/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" targetBox="[151,1435,195,1051]" targetPageId="6">
<paragraph id="8B93369725309807FF65936CC2B9FB97" blockId="6.[151,1436,1073,1126]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FF65936CC353FBB7" bold="true" box="[151,277,1073,1095]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D1425309807FEED936CC07FFBB6" box="[287,569,1073,1095]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dendrelaphis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinharajensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FEED936CC07FFBB6" box="[287,569,1073,1095]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FDB0936CC0D0FBB7" bold="true" box="[578,662,1073,1094]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26B57FE25309807FDB0936CC0D0FBB7" box="[578,662,1073,1094]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, live individual (unpreserved) from Kudawa; dorsum background reddish anteriorly.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C336651C25309808FF3593CFC7D1F915" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="513" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B93369725309807FF3593CFC0C0F90D" blockId="6.[151,1436,1170,2004]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FF3593CFC324FB5A" bold="true" box="[199,354,1170,1195]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Comparison.</emphasis>
The new species can clearly be distinguished from all known congeners of the genus
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FF6593EAC368FB3E" box="[151,302,1207,1231]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Dendrelaphis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of a large central posterior temporal scale, and from all except
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FB3F93E5C77DFB3E" box="[1229,1339,1207,1231]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">D. oliveri</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of a loreal scale; prefrontals contacting 2nd and 3rd supralabials.
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D1425309807FB949380C7DDFB04" box="[1126,1435,1245,1269]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dendrelaphis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinharajensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FB949380C7DDFB04" box="[1126,1435,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FF659259C2B7FAEC" bold="true" box="[151,241,1284,1309]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26B57FE25309807FF659259C2B7FAEC" box="[151,241,1284,1309]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
additionally differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D1425309807FDE19258C038FAED" box="[531,638,1284,1308]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dendrelaphis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oliveri">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FDE19258C038FAED" box="[531,638,1284,1308]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">D. oliveri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its prefrontals contacting the 2nd and 3rd supralabials only (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FAC59258C708FAED" box="[1335,1358,1285,1308]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
2nd, 3rd and 4th), three postoculars (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FE3F9271C3A2FAB2" box="[461,484,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
two), temporals 1:3 (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FD2F9271C0B2FAB2" box="[733,756,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
1:1) (
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A); parietal stripe present (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FB229271C6A1FAB2" box="[1232,1255,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
absent) (
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B), and throat white with black blotches (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FD57920DC0FAFA96" box="[677,700,1360,1383]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
blotching absent) (
<figureCitation id="13172A1225309807FC5A9212C648FA96" box="[936,1038,1359,1384]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1962,1984]" captionTargetBox="[180,1401,193,1919]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[180,1401,193,1920]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 8. Dendrelaphis oliveri, holotype (FMNH 123726), head; (A) lateral aspect, (B) dorsal aspect and (C) ventral aspect." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/264534/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Figure 8</figureCitation>
C), ventrolateral stripe absent (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FA76920DC7DDFA96" box="[1412,1435,1360,1383]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
ventrolateral stripe present) (
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&amp;
<figureCitation id="13172A1225309807FD91922EC0C4FA7A" box="[611,642,1395,1419]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1330,1352]" captionTargetBox="[182,1403,176,1306]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[182,1403,151,1307]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 10. Dendrelaphis oliveri, holotype (FMNH 123726), mid body; (A) lateral aspect, (B) dorsal aspect." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/264536/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">10</figureCitation>
). Although the new species is sympatric with
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D1425309807FB7C9229C722FA7A" box="[1166,1380,1395,1419]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dendrelaphis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudolineolatus">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FB7C9229C722FA7A" box="[1166,1380,1395,1419]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">D. caudolineolatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and can be confused due to; similar dorsal scale rows at midbody 13, and fairly similar body colouration (
<figureCitation id="13172A1225309807FB0C92CAC72AFA5E" box="[1278,1388,1431,1456]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="11.[151,250,2004,2026]" captionTargetBox="[174,1413,1182,1980]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[166,1423,1173,1986]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 11. Full body of Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus, holotype (BMNH 68.2.17.19)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/264537/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Figure 11</figureCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D1425309807FA7392C5C36AFA22" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dendrelaphis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="510" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinharajensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FA7392C5C36AFA22" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">D. sinharajensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FEC792E6C3D7FA25" bold="true" box="[309,401,1467,1492]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
can readily be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FCD092E1C1BFFA22" box="[802,1017,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">D. caudolineolatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by the absence of a loreal scale (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FA7692E1C7DDFA22" box="[1412,1435,1468,1491]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
present), prefrontals contacting 2nd and 3rd supralabials (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FCFB92BEC166FA0B" box="[777,800,1507,1530]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
prefrontals and supralabials separated by a loreal scale), three postoculars (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FE95915AC338F9EF" box="[359,382,1543,1566]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
two) (
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A); temporals 1:3 (
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1:1 or 1:2) (
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A &amp; 13B); posteriormost point of frontal and posteriormost points of supraoculars not aligning in a straight line (
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aligning) (
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B), infralabials 1st to 5th contacting anterior chin shield (
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1st to 4th), 5th and 6th contacting posterior chinshield (
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4th and 5th), 6th the largest (
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5th) (
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C), combination of the red neck and the conspicuous red/white cross bars (
<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FF5291C1C2F1F942" box="[160,183,1692,1715]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">vs</emphasis>
oblique black stripes on anterior bronze body, that meets mid dorsally forming a ‘V’ shape) (
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A), postocular stripe absent (
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present) (
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B), parietal stripe present (
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absent) (
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C), throat with black blotches (
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blotching absent) (
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D).
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FF35905AC3BCF8EE" box="[199,506,1799,1823]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
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can clearly be distinguished from all other
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Lankan congeners in colour pattern, since this is the only species in the genus characterized by conspicuous red/white cross bars around its body, where the black bands appear to be paired, and with a distinct white patch on lateral head covering eye region and neck, with its upper margin outlined by a black zigzag line on all individuals.
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FF3590CAC020F841" bold="true" box="[199,614,1943,1968]" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Habitat, ecology and conservation.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525309807FD9F90CAC1E4F85E" box="[621,930,1943,1967]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="510">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
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was first discovered from
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, located in the lowland wet zone of the island. Four additional individuals of this species have been sighted, from Horagasmandiya, Palenda, Kalutara District,
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(
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,
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), Kukuleganga, Ratnapura District,
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(
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,
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), Athwelthota, Ratnapura District,
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(
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,
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), and Rusigala- Mannawaththa, Ratnapura District,
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(
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,
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), all to the north-west of the
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locality, but still in the vicinity of the
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WHS. All four individuals were identified on the basis of both its unique colour pattern, and the presence of the diagnostic features specially the absence of a loreal scale. The known localities for the species cover an area of
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2, of which
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2 is dense forest,
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2 is moderately dense forest,
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2 is pine plantation,
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2 is scrub-land, and
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2 is sparse open forest and tea plantation (
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).
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525319806FF6590F0C353F833" bold="true" box="[151,277,1965,1987]" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958EA8525319806FEEC90F1C071F833" box="[286,567,1964,1986]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="511">Dendrelaphis sinharajensis</emphasis>
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, live individual (unpreserved) from Kudawa; full body; the black bars are paired, and create the margins of the white cross bars from neck to tail.
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<emphasis id="B958EA85253E9809FF6590F7C354F84E" bold="true" box="[151,274,1962,1984]" pageId="8" pageNumber="512">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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,
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holotype (FMNH 123726), head; (A) lateral aspect, (B) dorsal aspect and (C) ventral aspect.
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<emphasis id="B958EA85253F9808FF65938EC354FB19" bold="true" box="[151,274,1235,1257]" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Full body of
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,
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holotype (FMNH 123726), showing the ventrolateral stripe.
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The species is rarely sighted, and may be rare. The first specimen collected was a road kill. The photographed individual was found in the canopy at around
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above ground level. The rarity of sightings may be due to a highly arboreal nature in the higher canopy of the lowland wet zone. Probable threats to this species are habitat loss and forest fragmentation through deforestation. The species is sympatric with
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<emphasis id="B958EA85253F9808FBF09191C691F915" box="[1026,1239,1740,1764]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">D. caudolineolatus</emphasis>
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="B958EA85253F9808FF3591B2C37DF8F9" bold="true" box="[199,315,1775,1800]" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">Remarks.</emphasis>
Absence of loreal scales sometimes (but rarely) occurs as an anomaly in
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<emphasis id="B958EA85253F9808FB9A91ADC6B9F8F9" box="[1128,1279,1776,1800]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">Dendrelaphis</emphasis>
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. However the lack of a loreal scale was consistently observed in all live individuals sighted as well as in the photographed live individual, of the new species. This suggests that it is an important characteristic feature of the species and not an anomaly of the
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of
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.
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The
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and only known specimen of
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(
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is deposited in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Although
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<emphasis id="B958EA85253F9808FD3790F9C1E9F84D" box="[709,943,1956,1980]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="513">Dendrelaphis oliveri</emphasis>
(
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lacks a loreal scale (
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A), similar to the new species, they are geographically well separated with the
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locality of
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<taxonomicName id="4C2C4D14253F9808FB369094C774F811" box="[1220,1330,1992,2016]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dendrelaphis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="513" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oliveri">D. oliveri</taxonomicName>
,
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north of
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,
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, in the dry zone of the island. In addition to the characters mentioned above that distinguish it from
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, the
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of
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has a pale ventrolateral line bordered by black lines (
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&amp;
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), a character absent in all other known species found in
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.
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Taylor’s handwritten specimen catalog (pg. 115, EHT-HMN No: 30388) notes that the original field tag on the
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was missing (
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), but has clearly mentioned in the same catalog as, “Certainly
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E H T Coll”. The species has not been recorded since Taylor’s 1950 description, and our studies at this locality and in its vicinity over a period of two years have also failed to locate the species. Hence, it is possible that the
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of
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<emphasis id="B958EA85253C980BFA739115C2A6F975" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="514">D. oliveri</emphasis>
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was not collected at the stated
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locality, and may not even be from
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.
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studies of this enigmatic species are needed.
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