First record of Ahaetulla mycterizans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae) from Sumatra, Indonesia, with an expanded definition
Author
Miralles, Aurélien
Technical University of Braunschweig, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Spielmannstrasse 8, D- 38106 Braunschweig (Germany) miralles. skink @ gmail. com
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Author
David, Patrick
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, UMR 7202 CNRS Origine, Structure et Évolution de la Biodiversité, case postale 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) pdavid @ mnhn. fr
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Zoosystema
2010
2010-09-30
32
3
449
456
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2010n3a6
journal article
5068
10.5252/z2010n3a6
37409023-0fd8-4c08-a27e-e31617e99656
1638-9387
5167328
KEY TO THE SPECIES OF
AHAETULLA
LINK, 1807
FROM THE
INDO- MALAYAN REGION
1 Anal scale entire (seldom divided); snout depressed or convex above .......................... 2
— Anal scale divided (exceptionally entire); snout depressed above, never convex .............. ...........................................................................................................
Ahaetulla prasina
2 Overall body colour brown variegated with black; head with numerous dark brown spots; snout depressed or concave above; at least 210 ventral scales ...........
Ahaetulla fasciolata
— Overall body colour uniformly dark green; head uniform above; snout convex above; less than 200 ventral scales ................................................................
Ahaetulla mycterizans