Phylogenetic relationships of xenodermid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Xenodermidae), with the description of a new genus Author Deepak, V. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8826-9367 Senckenberg Dresden, Koenigsbruecker Landstrasse 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany & Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, UK veerappandeepak@gmail.com Author Lalronunga, Samuel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7542-4815 Systematics and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl 796004, Mizoram, India Author Lalhmingliani, Esther Systematics and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl 796004, Mizoram, India Author Das, Abhijit Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248001, Uttarakhand, India Author Narayanan, Surya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9359-2815 Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Bangalore, Karnataka 560064, India Author Das, Indraneil Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia Author Gower, David J. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, UK text Vertebrate Zoology 2021 2021-11-26 71 747 762 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e75967 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e75967 2625-8498-71-747 386BF2659338409A9A4415B70C953A53 91DFAC32783C5FDC847E4F2BEBD5F7E8 Paraxenodermus gen. nov. Type species. Paraxenodermus borneensis (Boulenger, 1899). Type locality. Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo (4,200 ft / 1,280 m); the holotype is deposited in the Natural History Museum, London as BMNH 1946.1.15.58; collected by Richard Hanitsch in March, 1899. Content- Paraxenodermus borneensis